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[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Aren't those numbers typically just from servers rather than an actual SIM card in a physical phone?

[–] tyler@programming.dev 48 points 21 hours ago (7 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 minutes ago

My dad took my old phone out to a SIM card farm upstate

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 21 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Usually they are just spoofed, and the real owner of the number is innocent.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 12 hours ago

The number is spoofed yes, but the SIM card still has to be real in order to connect.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 28 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago

Really makes you proud to be living in the golden age.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Jesus Christ, how horrifying.

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Wait till you see the crypto mining setups

[–] jamie_veal@feddit.org 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Not to forget the like-farms.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

First day on the internet? stay pure

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 20 hours ago

I'm not one who worries about RF and my health, but I'm not too sure I'd hang around that setup very long

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago