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Everyone has their phone number and home address publicially visible. You can't opt out. Is it the same in the US?
by seivan 10y ago
Everyone has their phone number and home address publicially visible. You can't opt out. Is it the same in the US?
- akerro 10y ago>Everyone has their phone number and home address publicially visible Fist time I hear it. Where?
- erikrothoff 10y agoSweden for example, where truecaller is from.
- orjan 10y agoTake a look at hitta.se or eniro.se Basically, an online phonebook, with reverse lookup, addresses, birthdays, neighborhood data, ...
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- tombrossman 10y agoNo, it's not the same. In the US you would usually have your land-line and address listed in the phone book by default, and you could pay a very nominal fee to have it be 'unlisted'. Your mobile number would never be listed at all. As an American living in Europe, I was surprised to see all land-line and mobile numbers published in our local directory (I'm in Britain) which even included a reverse look-up index so you could scan tables of numbers and see the corresponding names! That disappeared a few years back but most of the numbers are still listed if you know the person's name. I'm all for privacy but I think the fear of having your number posted is overrated unless you have an actual reason (stalker, abusive ex, etc...) in which case a free and easy way to totally opt-out should exist. I've had my phone numbers and email address publicly posted for years and while I get the occasional weirdo, it's totally worth it for the random interesting calls from strangers.