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So, all you have to do to “out” anyone who ever talks to you on the phone is mis-inform Google that the number is a business and “boom” they’re out there.

Makes one want to start using callerID spoofing as a regular practice. I am calling from 212-555-1212.

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catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
What do you mean “out” them?

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- MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Get their phone number published on the open internet.
  
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  - catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    If you wanted to do that, you could just edit it into a business listing directly, or even create one. If it’s from the “was this a business” prompt, I expect it takes a bunch of people to say yes, not just one. (And if you get that prompt, Google associates your number with a business already.)
    
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    MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    I expect it takes a bunch of people to say yes, not just one.
    
    I expect the algorithm is a) not publicly published, and b) changes periodically - like to just require one click when a particular department needs to “make their numbers” by the end of the quarter.
    
    you could just edit it into a business listing directly
    
    I challenge you to find any “free and easy, one click” business listing that gets 0.1% of the visibility of a Google info business phone number.
    
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