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Phone numbers were never supposed to be secret. Nor were social security numbers.
by Sophira 11mo ago
Phone numbers were never supposed to be secret.
Nor were social security numbers.
- hdgvhicv 11mo agoWe used to put phone numbers and addresses in printed books and give them to everyone.
- netsharc 11mo agoI remember looking in a 1930's phone book for Zurich, and it even mentions the person's job (I guess for significant jobs like company owner)...
- ta20240528 11mo agoNorway still publishes everyone's tax returns.
- netsharc 11mo agoBut now you need to enter your own tax number to lookup other people's data, and they can see that you've been peeking. But I suppose one could start a service, so you could pay them to look up a 3rd party's tax returns...
- hsbauauvhabzb 11mo agoPhone numbers are treated as permanent even though they’re ephemeral. So here we are.