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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by gerland on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:31AM (#23270944)
I agree that there is no privacy law violation, but it is a bit distasteful. We have some implicit standards in the society and it seems those are conveniently ignored at this point. There is some excuse given in the article in the form of "he probably gives out this number to people he does not wish to talk to", which I find a bit suspicious.

When I got letters to previous tenants at my current address I did not open them and share with everyone I met. I sent them to their new address.

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by Spooky23 on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:38AM (#23271398)
My guess is that the real problem that was touched on is Mr. Musk gives the number out to get rid of unwanted contacts.

I had a number like this, except it was for a drug dealer with a similar area code, and most of the crazy texts and calls slowed down after a few months. I have a common name and get similar wacky emails. It's an impossible problem to solve when it is a problem.

Every couple of years stories like this come out. It's pretty common for celebrities to give out old numbers to undesirable contacts. There was a story in the NY papers a few years ago about a guy getting calls from one-night stand hookups of a musician. The musician gave out his number from 20 years ago because it sounded real.

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by freetime2 on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:00AM (#23271157)
I agree with you that it’s a bit distasteful. But on the other hand there was nothing revealed in the article that was terribly shocking. If that same article were about me instead of Elon Musk, I don’t think I would find it upsetting.
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