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Once upon a time, there used to be these books that contained everyone's phone number. They called them the "White Pages". Oh the humanity!
by bradleyland 16y ago
Once upon a time, there used to be these books that contained everyone's phone number. They called them the "White Pages". Oh the humanity!
- ynoclo 16y agoNo, not everyone's phone number. You could opt to have an "unlisted" number, and it was easy to check whether or not the book was revealing your number to the world.
- philwelch 16y agoYou can (easily) do that on Facebook, too. It even lets you view your profile from other perspectives. And it's even easier than calling the phone company to ask for an unlisted number.
- zackattack 16y agoThis uses the graph API to search through "lost my phone / need ur digitz" groups. Of course, human error is the best "in" for a hacker, and one of the greatest places to look for vulnerabilities is rare combinations of use cases. (People usually check privacy settings, but NOT for "groups"). Mobile apps are another great place to check for vulnerabilities, because "mobile" is a parameter that changes up the combination and introduces the possibility for (privacy, in the case of Facebook) vulnerabilities.
- marcusbooster 16y agoAnd it didn't have pictures next to the number making it easy to target certain demographics.
- awa 16y agoyup, having a photo associated with a phone number is more concerning than a name. In this case you can actually say, Think of all the children!
- petercooper 16y agoOr an associated set of "Like"s - reasonable indicators of a person's outlook.
- mdolon 16y agoDo phone books have cell phone numbers now? (I haven't picked one up in ages) I suspect the majority of FB users are posting their cell numbers.