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Re:Look Up Unknown Phone Numbers Using Facebook Reset Password by throwaway2245 on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:06AM (#25631469)
> Y'all know we used to publish everybody's phone number in a book along with their address and then distribute copies to every household, right?

By user choice. You had to register your phone number and address to be in that book.

It was immediately obvious to everyone what was going on: everybody received the same complete book of information and knew how that was published, with at least a system of opting-out (it was always opt-in, from what I remember).

Re:Look Up Unknown Phone Numbers Using Facebook Reset Password by eli on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:26AM (#25631697)
No, it was opt out. You had to pay not to be listed.
Re:Look Up Unknown Phone Numbers Using Facebook Reset Password by throwaway2245 on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:54AM (#25632040)
That depends on when and where.

Like I said, phone books were evident to everyone because they saw the consequence. That's not a good comparison here.