this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2026
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I received an advertisement from T-Mobile in the mail today where they must have gotten my data from some website that forced me to fill out personal information

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[โ€“] Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Could be that by blocking you let them know it's an active number, and anything with a pulse on the other side of the phone is a potential lick

[โ€“] Natanael@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It shouldn't generally be obvious they are blocked. Especially for texts (that aren't RCS) they should learn nothing