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Re:A privacy flaw in Comcast's automated telephone system by cptskippy on Thursday April 12, 2018 @10:12AM (#16821079)
> So are telephone numbers and addresses considered very private in the US?

To a degree yes, there is no public resource to lookup that information. There are however brokers who deal in that data however the quality is questionable (e.g. I routinely receive fliers in the mail at my new address from house flippers who wish to purchase my old property).

People in the US consider their address to be private information even if it is easily obtainable.

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Re:A privacy flaw in Comcast's automated telephone system by icedchai on Thursday April 12, 2018 @10:48AM (#16821469)
Most people are naive. And the public resource is called "Google."

You can enter just about any land line number and find the home address in the first page of search results.

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Re:A privacy flaw in Comcast's automated telephone system by cptskippy on Thursday April 12, 2018 @10:59AM (#16821582)
> land line number

I've had the same cellphone number for over 20 years, never in my life have I had a land line.

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Re:A privacy flaw in Comcast's automated telephone system by icedchai on Thursday April 12, 2018 @11:41AM (#16822067)
Cell numbers are often harder to Google. However, if I google my own, I do find a link to a third party site that has my full name and home address available for free.
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