• dmtalon@infosec.pub
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    Right, but when everyone got phone books, those were only shared locally in the town. It would be pretty hard to figure out someones phone number from across the state/country without the internet unless you knew someone in the town.

    You could also pay to be unlisted, which is a luxury long since gone. How cool would it be to make your data ‘unlisted’ by paying a small monthly fee.

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      Phone books from outside my region were available at the library; that place where they store a consolidated collection of books for just anyone to sign out and use.

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        I once used one to look up my friend from summer camp. He lived in New York City and I didn’t live anywhere close

        Library had a bunch of NYC phonebooks

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        I don’t remember that, however it doesn’t surprise me at least for a radius around your area. I’d be surprised if they had all of them from all the states

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          You could just have them borrow one from whatever other library had it. Hell, you could just call the phone company and order the one you want yourself. Fuck, you could just call 411 and have them look it up for you right then.

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        Or, how about they fuck off and leave me alone with my private data? I don’t want to have to pay for something that should be an irrevocable right.

        Even if you completely degoogle and whatnot, these cunts will still get hold of your data one way or the other. Its sickening.