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phone numbers are shared in groups with tens of thousands of people. They spam, herass, hack etc. Forcing you to change your number.
by bobwernstein 6y ago
phone numbers are shared in groups with tens of thousands of people. They spam, herass, hack etc. Forcing you to change your number.
- maqp 6y agoAh yes, the classic hacking someone with their phone number!
- r3muxd 6y agoyes? just knowing a phone number is enough to log into a non-2fa google account if you know the pass, plus it can be easily triangulated to a real-world address
- bobwernstein 6y agoexactly. And not only that, people who work at telecom providers sell illegal services to whoever wants to pay. They give you access to anyones numbers for money.
- bobwernstein 6y agothey sent phishing links thru sms and also do sim swaps. They hijack the phone number by connecting it to another sim card. They also have people work at the providers that give them access to these numbers. I'm in those groups so I'm not talking out of my ass.