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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by usrusr on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:55AM (#23271120)
But now he can always shrug off unwanted new contacts to his current number by pretending to be that woman who accidentally got Musk's old one. They ask Google and the story checks out, he will never hear from them again. Best possible outcome.
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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by billme on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:41AM (#23271411)
What exactly are you suggesting?

The woman that’s photograph appears in the article, “Lyndsay Tucker, a 25-year-old skin care consultant, who works at a Sephora beauty store in San Jose, Calif.” — is obviously a real person.

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by woodrowbarlow on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:12AM (#23271638)
i think the suggestion is that musk is picking up the phone in his mrs. doubtfire voice and saying "hello, this is tucker, i'm a real person, who is this mr. musk you speak of?"

... or more likely just for text messages.

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by usrusr on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:31AM (#23271835)
Roughly like that, yes. And it really would only work for text messages, not only because of the voice issue but also because a phone call rarely contains actionable information before both sides have informally confirmed identity.
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