By spinning yes, they operate mostly passively and therefore last a long time, including by having terrible security to save battery life.
nulatium
joined 2 years ago
There's a talk at DEFCON on YouTube about hacking them. Great way to see how it works.
For what it's worth, I don't think they were attempting to paint anybody in a bad light, they were simply disagreeing.
It generally seems that OP has misunderstood the intent of the admin reply, and that OP is the one painting the admins in a bad light, as they disagree with the decision for their security settings.
To declare that the admins are directly asking for a phone number after their reply insinuates that the admins of that server care about receiving phone numbers (which they won't). The admins simply use the most secure setting available to them and it wouldn't matter how the verification works provided the admins see it as within reason.
OP obviously disagrees with this requirement and that's fine. However to call the admins liars is uncalled for as they're simply making a choice in their server for its security and it happens to require a phone number. The admins are not strictly deciding that a phone number is the best verification method, but it is the best verification method available to them through Discord, and as the best method they are using it.