#phonenumbers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #phonenumbers, aggregated by home.social.
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MIT Technology Review: AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers. “In March, a software developer in Israel was contacted on WhatsApp after Google’s chatbot Gemini provided incorrect customer service instructions that included his number. And in April, a PhD candidate at the University of Washington was messing around on Gemini and got it to cough up her colleague’s personal […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/mit-technology-review-ai-chatbots-are-giving-out-peoples-real-phone-numbers/ -
What Happened
In January 2026, PANERA BREAD suffered a data breach that exposed 14M records. After an attempted #extortion failed, the attackers published the data publicly, which included 5.1M unique #emailaddresses along with associated account information such as names, #phonenumbers and physical #addresses. Panera Bread subsequently confirmed that "the #data involved is contact information" and that authorities were notified. -
A #databreach reportedly exposed the personal information of 17.5 million #Instagram users, including #usernames, #emailaddresses, and #phonenumbers. The leaked data, available for sale on the dark web, could lead to #phishing attempts or #accounttakeovers. https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/an-instagram-data-breach-reportedly-exposed-the-personal-info-of-175-million-users-192105616.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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#Development #Techniques
Phone numbers everywhere · A HTML fix for unwanted Safari/iOS phone links https://ilo.im/168osc_____
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Pavel Durov Reveals Telegram Has Been Disclosing Data to Authorities - Telegram founder Pavel Durov has clarified the platform’s privacy policies, emphas... - https://news.bitcoin.com/pavel-durov-reveals-telegram-has-been-disclosing-data-to-authorities/ #lawenforcement #privacypolicy #phonenumbers #transparency #authorities #ipaddresses #compliance #disclosure #paveldurov #criminals #featured #telegram #userdata #freedom
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Telegram’s Privacy Overhaul: IPs and Phone Numbers of Lawbreakers to Be Shared - After the arrest and subsequent release of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France, his... - https://news.bitcoin.com/telegrams-privacy-overhaul-ips-and-phone-numbers-of-lawbreakers-to-be-shared/ #artificialintelligence #illegalcontent #lawenforcement #termsofservice #privacypolicy #phonenumbers #ipaddresses #moderators #paveldurov #telegram #news
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Telegram’s Privacy Overhaul: IPs and Phone Numbers of Lawbreakers to Be Shared - After the arrest and subsequent release of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France, his... - https://news.bitcoin.com/telegrams-privacy-overhaul-ips-and-phone-numbers-of-lawbreakers-to-be-shared/ #artificialintelligence #illegalcontent #lawenforcement #termsofservice #privacypolicy #phonenumbers #ipaddresses #moderators #paveldurov #telegram #news
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Telegram’s Privacy Overhaul: IPs and Phone Numbers of Lawbreakers to Be Shared - After the arrest and subsequent release of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France, his... - https://news.bitcoin.com/telegrams-privacy-overhaul-ips-and-phone-numbers-of-lawbreakers-to-be-shared/ #artificialintelligence #illegalcontent #lawenforcement #termsofservice #privacypolicy #phonenumbers #ipaddresses #moderators #paveldurov #telegram #news
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#Signal’s New #Usernames Help Keep the #Cops Out of Your Data
Ephemeral usernames instead of #phonenumbers safeguard #privacy — and makes Signal even harder to #subpoena. https://theintercept.com/2024/03/04/signal-app-username-phone-number-privacy/ -
@anarchopunk_girl @fla @Mer__edith
After all, @signalapp does in fact comply with #Cyberfacist demands of the U.S. government and restricts #Signal's functionality based of "striclty unnecessary" data like #PhoneNumbers!
Whereas @torproject is specifically designed to be incapable of doing so, even if all their maintainers were simultaneously held at gunpoint.
Cuz that's basic #OpSec to the point that every small #FinTech / #PaymentProcessor in Germany has to get that #contingency in place!
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@anarchopunk_girl @fla @Mer__edith
After all, @signalapp does in fact comply with #Cyberfacist demands of the U.S. government and restricts #Signal's functionality based of "striclty unnecessary" data like #PhoneNumbers!
Whereas @torproject is specifically designed to be incapable of doing so, even if all their maintainers were simultaneously held at gunpoint.
Cuz that's basic #OpSec to the point that every small #FinTech / #PaymentProcessor in Germany has to get that #contingency in place!
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@anarchopunk_girl @fla @Mer__edith
After all, @signalapp does in fact comply with #Cyberfacist demands of the U.S. government and restricts #Signal's functionality based of "striclty unnecessary" data like #PhoneNumbers!
Whereas @torproject is specifically designed to be incapable of doing so, even if all their maintainers were simultaneously held at gunpoint.
Cuz that's basic #OpSec to the point that every small #FinTech / #PaymentProcessor in Germany has to get that #contingency in place!