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Literally anyone could do the same thing with the telephone directory in the 80s ;P
by pram 2y ago
Literally anyone could do the same thing with the telephone directory in the 80s ;P
- marci 2y agoIt was the fastest way to find Sarah Connors
- ta1243 2y agoIn practice in the 80s you could do a name->address or name->phone lookup You couldn't do a phone->name or address->name lookup
- devilbunny 2y agoThere were "reverse directories" for phone->name, though you didn't get one delivered to your house with your phone subscription. You could also call directory assistance.
- kbelder 2y agoYou could. Phone companies published reverse phone directories, with name and address listed by number.
- diggan 2y agoOr, change the country to Sweden and anyone can still look it up, even online :) Checkout hitta.se, ratsit.se or similar services. Which reminds me that someone claimed that the income/amount of tax paid is the most private data American citizens have (the context was the DOGE/payments stuff), meanwhile every Swedish residents income is very public information. Negotiating your salary is a whole other ballgame when you know your colleagues salary and your boss knows that you know :)
- olyjohn 2y agoYeah but I also remember that when I signed up for phone service, I could opt out of being in the phonebook at all if I wanted to. And you'd have to wait up to a year before the new phone books came out with updated information.