Oddbean new post about login | logout YES. PHONE NUMBERS ARE PARTICULARLY PREDATORY. ESPECIALLY WHEN PLATFORMS, INCLUDING X, BLOCK PRIVACY FOCUSED VOIP PROVIDERS.
YES, THIS IS ALSO TRUE, ANYONE CAN LOOK UP YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF CLOAKED? IT'S A SERVICE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE YOU MORE PRIVACY ONLINE BY GENERATING FAKE EMAILS, PHONE NUMBERS, AND EVEN CREDIT CARDS. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A FREE TOOL WHERE YOU CAN SEARCH YOUR PHONE NUMBER, I WAS SHOCKED WITH HOW EASILY IT PULLED MY INFO UP.