minus-squaresirlington@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•what do companies do with your phone number ?linkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoMany companies sell your data to data brokers, and a phone number can act as a unique identifier across several data sources, allowing brokers to merge several data profiles together into a mega-profile about you. linkfedilink
Many companies sell your data to data brokers, and a phone number can act as a unique identifier across several data sources, allowing brokers to merge several data profiles together into a mega-profile about you.