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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by ehnto on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @12:17PM (#37224865)
When this discussion comes up, I think some people forget the context is online fraud. The attacker likely has other information on you, so a lookup service that helps them stitch it together with your real name and number is not good. The yellow pages is not a lookup service like that, it can't connect you from other information to a name and phone number, so having a book of names unlinked to the data you have gets you nowhere.
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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by karaterobot on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @12:19PM (#37224913)
People also forget (or may not know, since they post-date the use of print telephone directories) that you could opt out of being in the Yellow Pages. You can't do that with credit headers, or even, practically speaking, with credit cards.
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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by pessimizer on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @12:29PM (#37225062)
They also forget that it was the White Pages for personal listings, and the Yellow Pages for business listings.
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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by karaterobot on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @12:43PM (#37225269)
Fair point!
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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by landemva on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @02:28PM (#37226732)
> or even, practically speaking, with credit cards.

Yes you can opt out even with credit cards, and you can also do it for minor children in 5 easy steps: 1 clone your trust document 2 IRS.com and get TIN for trust 3 open trust savings account at bank 4 put funds in account 5 get the bank's 'secured credit card' offer in which they lock the funds

If you quibble that a secured credit card is not a real credit card, then just get the debit card.

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