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Fuck truecaller (truecaller.com)
submitted 3 days ago by silly_goose@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Even if you don't use it, if anyone who has your number uses truecaller then your number, profession, and social graph etc will be recorded and shown to other users.

Let's fight back by unlisting our numbers from truecaller.

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago

Most likely, they're getting that info from data aggregators/resellers. Telling them to delete your number is just treating the symptom