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Re:Facebookbreach.com – check if you or your friends' phone ... by chii on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:08AM (#26737327)
mobile phones tend not to be on a phonebook, and overwhelming majority of those numbers are mobile.
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Re:Facebookbreach.com – check if you or your friends' phone ... by emodendroket on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:03AM (#26738779)
That is true, but I really wasn’t able to get from the article what exactly someone could do with just my name and number beyond calling me while knowing my name in an attempt to scam me.
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Re:Facebookbreach.com – check if you or your friends' phone ... by wodenokoto on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:46AM (#26740216)
Where I live it is quite normal to have mobile numbers in the online phone book.
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