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tldr: His number was leaked, he got rid of it, the person who just got the number is dealing with bunch of random people who think they found elon's # online.

• midasz 6y ago
  AT&T should just retire the number at that point right
  • fastball 6y ago
    There aren't that many phone numbers where it's reasonable to retire them willy-nilly (given the desire to have consistent "area codes").
    • techbio 6y ago
      Slippery-slope? Do it for one billionaire, you might have to do it for all of them...
    • mehrdadn 6y ago
      You don't have to retire them for all eternity, just long enough that it stops getting a lot of contact.
      • macintux 6y ago
        Judging by Elon’s reaction, it’s been out of his hands for many years.
        • mehrdadn 6y ago
          Well, longer then. And I imagine it's been active that many years, not getting "this subscriber is no longer available" or whatever.
  • iso1631 6y ago
    Or auction it off, I'm sure someone will buy it. Some people are quite happy having 867-5309 for example. Indeed I wonder if the current owner is doing this piece with the idea she might auction it https://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/03/ebay.jennys.number/ https://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/03/ebay.jennys...