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This is precisely what they do. Fun fact: whilst Lifeline in Australia says that they will treat all calls as anonymous, they in fact do not. If you speak about
by chris_wot 5y ago
This is precisely what they do. Fun fact: whilst Lifeline in Australia says that they will treat all calls as anonymous, they in fact do not. If you speak about killing yourself to a counsellor, then they will call the police and trace your number, despite whether or not you turned off caller ID.
Don't trust phone counselling services. Ever.
- harry8 5y agoI did not know that. I would like a reference for that info if you have one?
- aaron695 5y agoLifeline Australia Limited Privacy Policy https://www.lifeline.org.au/media/igzp1al2/lifeline-australia-privacy-policy-june-2018-wfgjuucilopn.pdf https://www.lifeline.org.au/media/igzp1al2/lifeline-australi...
- q-big 5y agoEaxctly. Consider this: if the providers of these suicide hotline numbers actually cared about this stuff, they would provide an as pseudonymous as possible way to contact them that makes it as impossible as possible (in a mathematical/cryptographical sense) to identify the caller (think about Tor). Additionally, the hotline operators would advocate very strongly for a right to encrypt and right of privacy. But this is not the case, which should convince any rationally-thinking person that all of these claims of anonymity are fraud.
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