DogsAreEverywhere@feddit.it to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agowhat do companies do with your phone number ?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squarewhat do companies do with your phone number ?DogsAreEverywhere@feddit.it to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
I have a question, what do companies do with your phone number ? can they trace who you are and what you do ?
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up53·10 months agoThey use it as a primary key for linking all your other personal information, use it to geolocate you, use it to sell to marketing lists as a verified number, and use it to cross reference with other sources that leak your phone number. It’s the “one ring”.
minus-squaredeo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-210 months ago One number to track them all, One number to find them, One number to sell for spam, And in the metadata bind them.
They use it as a primary key for linking all your other personal information, use it to geolocate you, use it to sell to marketing lists as a verified number, and use it to cross reference with other sources that leak your phone number.
It’s the “one ring”.