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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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Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It would be even cooler if we had a right to privacy

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- dmtalon@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  no doubt, lucky us, we get neither…
  
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Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Proton estimates the average Americans data is worth $700 per year.

Sign me up for $1000/year privacy fee and you will make more money by doing absolutely nothing.

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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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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- Paradox@lemdro.id ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  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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- dmtalon@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  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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  - Jerkface@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    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.
    
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