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Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk

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On 2018-08-27, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> On 2018-08-26, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>>       ####################################################################
>>       # ATTENTION: This post is a reference to a website.  The poster of #
>>       # this Usenet article is not the author of the referenced website. #
>>       ####################################################################
>>
>><URL:https://www.wired.com/story/phone-numbers-indentification-authentic
>> ation/>
>>
>> The text below is a quotation from the URL above:
>>>
>>>  On Thursday, T-Mobile confirmed that some of its customer data was
>>>  breached in an attack the company discovered on Monday. 
>
> Ah, yes. T-Mobile. The company that keeps your password in a database
> in plain text and insists this is not a problem because of their "great
> security".
>
> Phags.
>

A civvy (non computer aware person) told me this story. His home phone
number does not show up on mobiles when he calls them. Now, he is
very nosy about his neighbours, so he rings up the social welfare
office, giving the neighbours name, and the person answering says,
"Could you tell me your number, it is not showing here."

He does , giving the neighbours mobile number, and is told the neighbours 
social welfare status.


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Maus@ireland.com
Will Rant For Food

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[Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2018-08-26 14:06 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-08-27 09:05 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk mausg@mail.com - 2018-08-27 15:23 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Nyssa <Nyssa@flawlesslogic.com> - 2018-08-27 09:23 -0400
    Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-08-27 13:58 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-08-27 15:30 +0100
      Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Nyssa <Nyssa@flawlesslogic.com> - 2018-08-27 12:38 -0400
    Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2018-08-27 15:58 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2018-08-27 22:52 +0000
      Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2018-08-28 08:16 +0300
        Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-08-28 11:23 +0000
        Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2018-08-28 18:04 +0000
          Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-08-28 23:21 +0000
      Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-08-28 07:52 +0000
      Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2018-08-28 11:03 +0000

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