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Re:An incident impacting 5M accounts and private information... by knolan on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @05:17PM (#32404454)
And all US numbers begin with 555, or so I’m lead to believe.
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Re:An incident impacting 5M accounts and private information... by midoridensha on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:16AM (#32407802)
It's absolutely true. All US numbers are 555-xxxx. You can see this in any US movie or TV show, which we know to be very accurate.

Similarly, any time an American car has a fender-bender, or at least one of its wheels leaves the ground, it explodes in a massive fireball.

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Re:An incident impacting 5M accounts and private information... by martin_a on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:25AM (#32409522)
That's what's really holding me back from getting an American car. Just fearing that somebody might hit my car and then it's over.
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Re:An incident impacting 5M accounts and private information... by macksd on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @10:27AM (#32412562)
Independent of Hollywood, some American cars just might do that. Maybe not in such an impressive manner, but I've been through so many Dodge transmissions and Ford's reputation here is even worse.
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Re:An incident impacting 5M accounts and private information... by 867-5309 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @03:48AM (#32408923)
joking aside, the 5M figure probably came from targeting like this, such as choosing a few area codes with high tech populations and testing the ~10M phone numbers for each area
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