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Aren't telephone directories a thing anymore? At least in my country you can just search for a person online and see their phone number. Someone's phone number
by Kiro 6y ago
Aren't telephone directories a thing anymore? At least in my country you can just search for a person online and see their phone number. Someone's phone number seems like the least sensitive PII.
- ajdlinux 6y agoIn Australia, phone directories don't generally include mobile phone numbers, and with the massive shift from landline phones to mobile phones over the past decade, this means many people are completely gone from the phone directory. I suspect it may be a similar situation in other countries - the phone directory still exists, but is increasingly useless. The view of the sensitivity of phone numbers and home address as PII has changed with this trend too.
- Kiro 6y agoInteresting. In Sweden, mobile phone numbers are listed in the public directories (at least for me and my friends).
- mjhagen 6y agoUsually those phone directories don't include other personal information, like gender.
- MrGilbert 6y agoWell, I can opt-out of a phonebook, at least here in Germany for decades already. I can't do that on this leak.
- BrandoElFollito 6y agoIn France you are asked if your phone number should be listed. I do not remember if this is opt-in or opt-out.