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RE: Steemit.com updates - Savings accounts, New payout options, New registration process and more [release 0.0.20161011 PR 460]

in #steemit8 years ago

Hmm, that's a good point, I wonder how phone numbers are actually stored? As it's sensitive personal data, it would make sense to encrypt it and just store some hashed version of it that couldn't be reverse engineered from the blockchain. And the only valid use for it should be limited to blocking multiple account creation attempts.