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ahaseeb
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Public means any one can access it without obtaining a license. Like you can go to whitepages and find info
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Secure the telephone # or deleting the info ? For #1 - That's what Efani Secure Mobile does. For #2 - we've listed few services but you can also email all the data brokers and they'll delete the info. You can also hire firms
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ahaseeb
4y ago
How old the number is and did you legitimately get any call with reference to previous user ? plus is it different people or just one person
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Probably talking more like using a disposable or burner phone number that people have used in the past
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ahaseeb
4y ago
What should be the verbiage ?
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Our license. We're not a data broker and we want to be cautious so the information isn't abused. Like taking some one phone and then using it for few min to acquire the info
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Data brokerage isn't our business and frankly there are much easier way to buy it on dark web. We're just making it simple for people to learn. Only data set that'll be of help if we give a bad score and it actually get hacke
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ahaseeb
4y ago
No we pay per query ( It's expensive )
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Frankly goal was to educate people on how our numbers are tied to our identity and then SIM Swapping issue. This is the best we could think of, but please let us know what would be a better approach
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ahaseeb
4y ago
We are not a data broker company. We simply pay data brokers per click. It's a loss leader for us and goal is to improve our number scoring criteria and create awareness on how numbers are linked to our identity & how vulnerable th
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ahaseeb
4y ago
It's purely going to multiple data brokers and paying them to give you the info that they've on you. You can search for data brokers and hundreds of them will appear. Our goal is to create awareness around number security and it&#
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ahaseeb
4y ago
issue with open sourcing is that the sources are paid which is good in a way that criminals can't just run million queries making us more vulnerable. We're just queries dozens of paid sources and crowdsourcing the data and display
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ahaseeb
4y ago
It could be but we use multiple sources . There are hundreds of data brokers
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Not really since it's a wholesale arrangement and don't deal with retail
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ahaseeb
4y ago
E911 location tracking is still active unfortunately. We've came up with the solution through our premium offering Black Seal Protection but fairly limited to who we can sell it to
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ahaseeb
4y ago
it's additional protection and helps with the liabilities When I was SIM Swapped 4-times, I only got a courtesy call saying Sorry for the inconvenience caused. I thought having $5M Insurance on top of guarantee will be better
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ahaseeb
4y ago
It's just an additional protection top for peace of mind. It's like We guarantee it and you get upto $5M
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ahaseeb
4y ago
we've discussed this internally and thought of branding it as "Number Score" or something like that. Do you've any suggestions ?
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ahaseeb
4y ago
There are millions of such databases available with much more info. Our goal is to educate people on how our mobile numbers are vulnerable to SIM Swap and how important are number from identify point of view. Our business model is Secure Mo
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ahaseeb
4y ago
It's much more than that . It's a manual review and we've our own set of authentication which includes notarization even
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Yeah and that's exactly what we do. We do have enterprise and gov offering with advanced protection but general public isn't the right candidate for that .
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ahaseeb
4y ago
No since inception, we had ZERO clients SIM swapped or ported out without authorization. We've a $5M Insurance policy just if incase but luckily never had to use it
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Sure absolutely. So about Sim Swap, if some one request we've an internal process to verify - For external ports, a carrier can reject a port out . Just having the right info doesn't qualifies for automatic port out. Most of the
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Certainly Efani Secure Mobile only caters to a small group of high risk individuals. While crypto investors get more limelight due to high amounts being involved but politicians, finance executives and lawyers are a common target too. Plus
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ahaseeb
4y ago
It's because of the difference license
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ahaseeb
4y ago
There are multiple guides around it and you can email every data broker company . Most of them are obliged to remove it but then there may be another hack and the data is again back in the market. There are few companies offering solutions
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ahaseeb
4y ago
No we're not in Data source business. We make money off Secure Mobile Subscriptions. Our goal with the tool is show vulnerabilities around our numbers and how easy are they becoming alternative to SSN yet easy to be hacked
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Some one may have used your numbers randomly and that database may be leaked
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ahaseeb
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Good suggestion about the email. So you're suggesting we shouldn't ask for email at all. I'll certainly bring it to next meeting. - Fields are obscured due to privacy laws and to prevent abuse - Score is based on SIM Swap as
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ahaseeb
4y ago
Your suggestions are well taken. We should do a better job on the page however we're limited on what info to display & sources due to privacy laws and to prevent misuse
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