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What do you mean? How were they forced to use a number they didn't want? Why would they care if a number they don't what get disabled?

• koolba 7y ago
  > Why would they care if a number they don't what get disabled? If you gave it as a security contact number to a financial institution you’d care if it was disabled.
  • xorcist 7y ago
    Especially since the number will generally be recycled and given to someone else ...
    • funnybeam 7y ago
      Eventually. Old numbers are held out of use for, I think, five years before being reissued specifically to address security and privacy issues like this
• astura 7y ago
  When I had a prepaid phone you had to buy minutes once a year at minimum otherwise you lost your existing minutes and your number was disabled.