LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoIf someone nefarious has your full legal name and your phone number, can they wreak any havoc in our life with that info?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up159
arrow-up159message-squareIf someone nefarious has your full legal name and your phone number, can they wreak any havoc in our life with that info?LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squarecarl_dungeon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·10 months agoI mean, that’s what phone books were.
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoTrue but nefarious people didn’t have the additional tool of the internet back then.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoPhone books exist online, too.
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoHe’s talking about the olden days when anybody could be found in the phone book. And that’s all we had was a phone book. No internet. The olden days. You might not remember that because you might not have been born back then.
I mean, that’s what phone books were.
True but nefarious people didn’t have the additional tool of the internet back then.
Phone books exist online, too.
He’s talking about the olden days when anybody could be found in the phone book. And that’s all we had was a phone book. No internet. The olden days. You might not remember that because you might not have been born back then.