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This is a terrible step. This isn't your private data, it is information about you. Phone books were a great step towards a high-trust society. This is a great
by GauntletWizard 4y ago
This is a terrible step. This isn't your private data, it is information about you.
Phone books were a great step towards a high-trust society. This is a great leap backwards, brought to you by the same personalities that were responsible for previous great leaps.
- kotlin2 4y agoYou could delist yourself from the phone book.
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- cpsns 4y agoIt was always possible to have a private unlisted number, though it typically cost a buck or two extra a month. My family and myself always chose that option, we didn’t want random people calling us.
- ghaff 4y agoAnd it's now sort of irrelevant with the increasing demise of landlines. And there's a ton of information that's public as a matter of public policy.
- decremental 4y agoMost people don't want other people to be able to have that information about them unless they give it to them. I've been doxxed and it's not fun having that kind of information out there. There aren't many innocuous reasons people would be looking that up. Doxxing wouldn't even be a thing if it were harmless.