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Google is silently linking phone numbers across accounts — the privacy risks and how to stop them
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this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2026
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And they're probably making mistakes too. It's amazing how many data merges happen out there that result in wrong data. Not too long ago my credit card company sent me a new card overnight because of fraud, but they didn't send it to me, they sent it to a family member of my ex wife's. I've been divorced over 20 years now and I never even lived there. But the CC company decided to merge their data with other data and fucked up somewhere along the way.
My phone number still shows up on android phones as a hooker who used to have this number. I have never been able to fix it. Google doesn’t care. And now that the Johns have been chased of by an unexpected daddy’s mad voice, it’s just an inside joke for my friends.
the amount of money they make despite the fuck ups guarantee that they'll keep doing it anyways
source: i used to work for one of these companies.
I always laugh when people tell me that businesses are naturally efficient. They clearly have not worked for large companies. Or they are sleepwalking through life, seeing only what they want to see, like far too many people.
I bet they're from management -- somewhere where they don't see how the sausage made
they're efficient until not doing so majorly inconveniences you specifically
No. As a consultant I've seen hundreds of businesses. There's a ton of inefficiency. Check out David Graeber's book, "Bullshit Jobs". He details a lot of inefficiencies throughout the whole system. It's a real eye opener.
Just think how efficient governments would be if we ran them like a business!
no, i agree with you. i was just being facetious
Nothing to add, just wanted to compliment your profile picture.