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Re:Hackers gaining power of subpoena via fake “emergency dat... by verve_rat on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @04:55PM (#30848241)
Are the white pages a thing in the States?

I mean I want to call some entity in the US that doesn't have its number on a website, how do I do that now in a non emergency situation? Is there any reason that wouldn't work in an emergency?

This doesn't seem like an actual problem anyone has ever had.

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Re:Hackers gaining power of subpoena via fake “emergency dat... by rosndo on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:52AM (#30851606)
No, except for easy-to-influence websites that scrape numbers from sketchy sources and accept user submissions without verification.

Not that the inability to confirm a phone number in a hypothetical phone book would be an excuse for noncompliance anyway.

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