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That’s fine, but I surely would not have my publicly listed phone number connected to something that could ring and wake me at night.

slenk 8y ago
The internet seemed more trusting back in 2006. Also, things like Google Voice didn't exist yet and who knew spam/robocalls would be such an issue. Hindsight is always 20/20
- code_duck 8y ago
  Maybe 1996? 2006 is hardly the early days. I remember people are being more paranoid about the Internet then, stoked by confusion in the media. The people who manufactured my glass torch thought that if they publish their phone number on the Internet circa 2005, their phone would be ringing off the hook with strangers asking them questions. Also, that’s still was a time when some people still thought shopping online meant their credit card number was more likely to be stolen somehow. Granted that those who thought these things we’re not technologically sophisticated. These days, many businesses have their phone numbers on the Internet. I had mine on my Instagram profile. Nobody unusual called me. If I was embroiled in perennial controversy, though, or mistaken for someone who was, things likely would’ve been different.
  - AaronLBratcher 8y ago
    "Also, that’s still was a time when some people still thought shopping online meant their credit card number was more likely to be stolen somehow." Perhaps they were wiser than we thought given all the data/security breaches in the past few years.
    - code_duck 8y ago
      But many of the breaches have involved companies like TJ Maxx or Target. Few realized that shopping at a nationwide brick and mortar store was a way a card might be stolen. Also, people thought their card would be intercepted during transmission, not taken from a database. That's what journalists were writing about, I guess.
      - AaronLBratcher 8y ago
        I agree, the database hacking may not have been seen as much as it should have been by the general public. As a programmer I can say for sure that people like me, however, were thinking about it. Here's a link about recent data breaches that may include credit card information. Several big companies in here. https://www.businessinsider.com/data-breaches-2018-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/data-breaches-2018-4

slenk 8y ago

The internet seemed more trusting back in 2006. Also, things like Google Voice didn't exist yet and who knew spam/robocalls would be such an issue. Hindsight is always 20/20

code_duck 8y ago
Maybe 1996? 2006 is hardly the early days. I remember people are being more paranoid about the Internet then, stoked by confusion in the media. The people who manufactured my glass torch thought that if they publish their phone number on the Internet circa 2005, their phone would be ringing off the hook with strangers asking them questions. Also, that’s still was a time when some people still thought shopping online meant their credit card number was more likely to be stolen somehow. Granted that those who thought these things we’re not technologically sophisticated. These days, many businesses have their phone numbers on the Internet. I had mine on my Instagram profile. Nobody unusual called me. If I was embroiled in perennial controversy, though, or mistaken for someone who was, things likely would’ve been different.
- AaronLBratcher 8y ago
  "Also, that’s still was a time when some people still thought shopping online meant their credit card number was more likely to be stolen somehow." Perhaps they were wiser than we thought given all the data/security breaches in the past few years.
  - code_duck 8y ago
    But many of the breaches have involved companies like TJ Maxx or Target. Few realized that shopping at a nationwide brick and mortar store was a way a card might be stolen. Also, people thought their card would be intercepted during transmission, not taken from a database. That's what journalists were writing about, I guess.
    - AaronLBratcher 8y ago
      I agree, the database hacking may not have been seen as much as it should have been by the general public. As a programmer I can say for sure that people like me, however, were thinking about it. Here's a link about recent data breaches that may include credit card information. Several big companies in here. https://www.businessinsider.com/data-breaches-2018-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/data-breaches-2018-4