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We also had phone books with everyone's name and address listed. Everyone was effectively doxxed yet it was never a security issue.
by benSaiyen 8mo ago
We also had phone books with everyone's name and address listed.
Everyone was effectively doxxed yet it was never a security issue.
- ssl-3 8mo agoSure. But we usually didn't need it: We kept the phone numbers for our friends, family, and our favorite pizza place memorized. And if the phone rang, it was answered. It was almost certainly a real person calling; spam calls were infrequent to the point of almost never happening. It was a different time, and it is lost to us now. (We do still have public name-to-address databases, though. For instance: In my state of Ohio, that part of a person's voter registration is public information that anybody can access. Everyone is still effectively doxxed and it's still not a security issue.)
- benSaiyen 8mo agoOh right. Forgot registered voter records are public. Similar to your point about phonebooks, I never use them.