Re:Look Up Unknown Phone Numbers Using Facebook Reset Password
by kristopolous on Monday January 04, 2021 @03:13AM
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Right but if I presented this problem to you without using the word "phone" I'm pretty sure the answer would be "throttle and rate limit" and ban for abuse, not kill off the feature.
These lists are still available for purchase and thus they are still available. I'm not a criminal so I don't know what websites to go to but I'd be shocked if a file with a name like "US-ATT-SUBSCRIBERS-2020-12.sql.gz" doesn't exist.
As an example, my friends pool together as a "family plan" and we get a discount. I frequently get texts and calls from people asking for the person who pays the account. I don't use their name in anything I sign up for and they don't use my number. We don't even live at the same address - the phone bill is literally the only paper trail that connects us.
Therefore, the only way this mistake is possible is if these marketers bought the subscriber list or found a copy online somewhere.
These lists are still available for purchase and thus they are still available. I'm not a criminal so I don't know what websites to go to but I'd be shocked if a file with a name like "US-ATT-SUBSCRIBERS-2020-12.sql.gz" doesn't exist.
As an example, my friends pool together as a "family plan" and we get a discount. I frequently get texts and calls from people asking for the person who pays the account. I don't use their name in anything I sign up for and they don't use my number. We don't even live at the same address - the phone bill is literally the only paper trail that connects us.
Therefore, the only way this mistake is possible is if these marketers bought the subscriber list or found a copy online somewhere.