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One's address is a matter of public record anyway, so I'm not too concerned about my address appearing in a WHOIS. Phone number, at worst you get some spam call
by ams6110 9y ago
One's address is a matter of public record anyway, so I'm not too concerned about my address appearing in a WHOIS. Phone number, at worst you get some spam calls, but I don't answer numbers I don't recognize so it's of low concern.
- always_good 9y agoLowering the bar of getting your name + address + phone number just lowers the bar for social engineering. It does you zero favors.
- Magnets 9y agoPersonal addresses are not public record in the UK for the vast majority of people, and neither are phone numbers
- ams6110 9y agoYou don't have phone directories?
- nocobot 9y agoIn Germany you can choose to not be listed in those, I assume it's the same in the UK .
- return1 9y agoyou mean, in the US you can't opt out of them?
- ghaff 9y agoWhen everyone had landlines, I believe you could get an unlisted number for a fee. Very few did AFAIK. There is no white pages for cellphones but I still get junk calls anyway.
- Angostura 9y agoYOu can opt out and many people do (ex-directory)
- pjc50 9y agoA majority of people are on the open electoral register.
- noja 9y agoIs that publicly searchable and re-indexed by third parties in other countries?
- jiveturkey 9y agoWhy do people always over-personalize issues like this. It isn't about you. (It doesn't affect me either, but likewise it isn't about me.) In many countries, one's address is in fact not a matter of public record. For example, in China.
- joejoebob 9y agoWait, I thought everyone lived in the US?
- geofft 9y ago> One's address is a matter of public record anyway Can you clarify what jurisdiction you mean? In the United States, this isn't true - there are certain (admittedly common) things that generate public records with your address, such as buying a house or (in some areas) registering to vote. (In other areas, voter registration databases are technically not public, but volunteers on any political campaign have access.) However, if you're not registered to vote and you're renting an apartment, there isn't any real reason why your address would be a public record.