Back when phone books were a thing, you couldn't take over a phone number from the other side of the country in the middle of the night and use it to transfer f

Back when phone books were a thing, you couldn't take over a phone number from the other side of the country in the middle of the night and use it to transfer funds to a foreign bank account before you even wake up. Social security numbers were also never supposed to be secret but as their use changed over the years, so did the way people treat them. Yes, phone numbers are leaked everywhere. So are social security numbers and home addresses. That doesn't mean your website should be leaking that information.