Thatoneguy@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoI put my number in a secure form for a trusted bank and immediately got spammedsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1496arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1482arrow-down1imageI put my number in a secure form for a trusted bank and immediately got spammedsh.itjust.worksThatoneguy@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
Area code blocked for privacy but it is spoofed from my phones number which I have not lived there in many years
minus-squaresubtext@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up133arrow-down8·4 months agoSmart, I wouldn’t want anyone to know I lived in Michigan either
minus-squareSewer_King@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoImagine not living in 616 though.
minus-squaredragnucs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoI you know it because you are most probably from there or US.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 months agoNo, it’s because of how poorly obscured it is in the 5th one from the top in particular - there’s no other numbers it could be.
minus-squaresubtext@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoExactly, I was surprised that 989 was even a valid area code tbh, just doesn’t look right
minus-squareskuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThat’s Pure Michigan, friend.
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoIn general I think best practice is to call out “hey, I can see your area code in case you want to edit your post to more fully redact it” then any jokes about “since I wouldn’t want anyone to know I lived in [REDACTED] either!”
Smart, I wouldn’t want anyone to know I lived in Michigan either
Imagine not living in 616 though.
I you know it because you are most probably from there or US.
No, it’s because of how poorly obscured it is in the 5th one from the top in particular - there’s no other numbers it could be.
Exactly, I was surprised that 989 was even a valid area code tbh, just doesn’t look right
That’s Pure Michigan, friend.
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In general I think best practice is to call out “hey, I can see your area code in case you want to edit your post to more fully redact it” then any jokes about “since I wouldn’t want anyone to know I lived in [REDACTED] either!”