New Google feature raises privacy concerns

Eli

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Interesting.

:Q

It works.

I am officially frightened. :p
 

FoBoT

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wow , it worked, my phone number popped me right up

but my number is public/published in the phone book, so how is this different?
 

XMan

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Apparently my phone number used to belong to a flower shop, so the info that comes up is bogus. It's still somewhat weird - especially since it may work for unlisted numbers?
 

Eli

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I don't really think its a big deal... The driving directions are a little unnerving, cause that doesen't come with normal phonebook listing, lol.. but it's no big deal, unless you tell all your enemies your personal information.
 

Looney

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Didn't work for me. Too bad, i would have liked mine to be listed. How is this any different than somebody using the phonebook and a map? Except to save some convenience.
 

Grey

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It didnt work for me, long live Cell phones! No telemarketers and free long distance why be tied to a land line ever again ?!
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: Grey
It didnt work for me, long live Cell phones! No telemarketers and free long distance why be tied to a land line ever again ?!

I would assume it wouldn't work for cell phones, yeah.

 

RossMAN

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Didn't work for me, tried all 3 of my numbers.

You go to Google.com and type in your 10 digit phone number with no spaces or dashes, right?

Nothing.
 

iamwiz82

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that has worked for at least a year now. I dont know what the big fuss is all of a sudden
 

XMan

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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Let me be the first to say (But not the last I'm sure) REPOST. ;)

Where? Nothing came up when I searched for "Google" or "privacy." If they didn't name their thread well that's sure not my fault.

 
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Originally posted by: RossMAN
Didn't work for me, tried all 3 of my numbers.

You go to Google.com and type in your 10 digit phone number with no spaces or dashes, right?

Nothing.

(XXX)XXX-XXXX

That the format you were trying? Because this format found my house.