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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dmtalon@infosec.pub 2 weeks agoRight, 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.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Paradox@lemdro.id 2 weeks 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
dmtalon@infosec.pub 2 weeks 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
Jerkface@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 weeks 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.
Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 2 weeks ago
Or, how about they fuck off and leave me alone with my private data? I don’t want to have to lag for something that should be an irrevocable right.
Even if you completely degoogle and whatnot, these cunts will still get hold of your data one way or the other. Its sickening.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It would be even cooler if we had a right to privacy
dmtalon@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
no doubt, lucky us, we get neither…