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The RFC addresses security, but does not mention anything about privacy. I think the scheme ultimately boils down to trusting the server/instance.

It would be great if users don't have to share the actual number with the server, a hash or something like that but that would make it impossible to verify the number and verification is required to prevent spoofing.

Another way maybe is to have a trusted 3rd party (something like EFF, LetsEncrypt) that can be used by users to validate their numbers and applications can get the hashes from there.



phone numbers aren’t unique enough for hashes, a lookup table would not be that much effort




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