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You presume that telecom companies are not selling your information and haven't been for decades? I can assure you that in the US AT&T sells it's customer info
by kxrm 7y ago
You presume that telecom companies are not selling your information and haven't been for decades? I can assure you that in the US AT&T sells it's customer information. They were doing this to land line customers 20 years ago or more.
- hans1729 7y agoThat wasn't the point of this thread (at all, mind me). Op said that ones contacts shouldn't be allowed to share informations about you via perms on their address-book, as this was never part of the social contract you made with them when giving them your number. Someone then argued "thats why I don't have smartphone", to which I responded that not having a smartphone doesn't affect the aforementioned conflict. So unless I'm missing something here, you just went entirely off topic. Regardless: I'm european, so I'm somewhat confident that my ISP doesn't sell my data due to GDPR; Americas lack of consumer protection isn't really my business, nor should it be deemed 'the standard', as it isn't just that.
- kxrm 7y agoQuite right, forgive me. I meant to comment to the non-smartphone user. Having a phone at all (at least in the US) means your details are shared.
- mirimir 7y agoOK, mea culpa. It was basically an emotional response to the idea. I suppose that at least, not having a smartphone, I'm not sharing stuff about others. Except for the number, which is already ~widely known. But I wasn't thinking that when I wrote the comment.