Fiction
Spoofedby Mark Stevens
Sure, go ahead. Call me crazy.
But, you’ll see. I couldn’t leave things the way they were.
I had done everything you’re supposed to do.
I had changed my telephone number.
Twice.
Do you know how many of your online identities are tied to your phone number? If you’re a red-blooded citizen of the United States of American in the year 2020, you’ve loaded your telephone number, along with much other personal data, to online accounts for everything from sss and Wells Fargo to the local pizza joint.
Do you know how hard it is to prove your identity all over again to these cold, heartless websites?
“We take your security as your top priority, blah blah blah. For your protection, we have sent you a six-digit code to….”
The first time I changed phone numbers,
