what do companies do with your phone number ? DogsAreEverywhere ( @FunzioneSperimentale@feddit.it ) Privacy@lemmy.ml • 10 months ago message-square23fedilinkarrow-up159
arrow-up159message-squarewhat do companies do with your phone number ? DogsAreEverywhere ( @FunzioneSperimentale@feddit.it ) Privacy@lemmy.ml • 10 months ago message-square23fedilink
I have a question, what do companies do with your phone number ? can they trace who you are and what you do ?
minus-square Em Adespoton ( @adespoton@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink41•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-square deo ( @deo@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish13•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”.