I never said that phones weren't important. The second part of this only depends on the organization that keeps the records, it would be pretty easy for me to change my phone number on my student account for the college that I go to.
Good for you. But hey, here's another mind blower for you: There are people in the world who aren't you. This is made pretty clear by my use of the fourth person in my post.
I'm pretty sure I know the internet is a big place. In which since I realize that, I have friends/family who use it and I can still contact them without having to use my phone all the time for that specific reason.
Is that better? Or do I need to spell it out for you?
This has nothing to do with the statement that you are apparently trying to apply your grand knowledge of the internet's scale to. A reminder:
So you'd be totally fine with someone spreading your phone number around without you knowing? I sorta doubt that, lol.
Since I apparently have to walk you through it all, the message here is thus: The internet is large. Very large. It is entirely possible, likely even, that your phone number could end up anywhere on it in no time without you knowing.