Until recently I dismissed the whole "your phone is spying on you" as paranoia. The other day I asked my neighbor about where she buys her firewood and she sent me a screen shot of the mom and pop suppliers contact information. Within a couple of hours I was getting targeted ads for woodstoves from Amazon... Thanks for the info Liron
Don’t worry I as a security professional also missed it. The amount of ads that run and the info is outrageous. It has become a security concern. You wouldn’t know if you weren’t aware.
Same! I get targeted for things I have said OUT LOUD in my house, things I have never attended to online in any way. Absolutely chilling. I had heard several times that “they” are listening to us but did not believe it fully. I do now.
@@Bronte866 FWIW, "they" are robotic software. So you're safe ... at least until the machines take over. (Be careful what you say about AI, is all I'm saying.)
Unfortunately, this procedure won't stop some robocalls. Most robocallers now don't use a database of specific numbers, but just dial every possible number in a block or area code. This way, they don't overlook any that are private or not in a database. So even if your phone number was NEVER used, it will be called by spammers.
And they seem to either have an endless supply of phone numbers to call from,or more likely they spoof the caller ID info to make it almost impossible to block them. Block 1 number? They just call from another one.
Funny how I get calls with my area code, but I haven't lived in that area for the last ten years. DMVs sell your information. My doctor uses a reminder service that sells my number. My pharmacy's computers get breached, and I end up with the worse spam calls. The list goes on and on.
Same here. I haven’t lived in my home state for ten years so if I get a call with any of those area codes I just let it go or I reject it if it’s not in my contact list.
I have a second number from Google Voice, which is free. I can make, or take, calls from my Android phone using either my cell phone number or my Google Voice number. Google Voice also has a call screening feature. It forces everyone to identify themselves when calling my Google Voice number and then gives me the option to accept the call or send to voice mail.
@@blackrock1961You also get this call screen feature in the Google Phone app on the Google Pixel phones. It really is an amazing feature to have on your phone and it cuts down on all the spammers, scammers, and such of the like.
i can’t believe ppl still picking up calls they don’t know i never answer my phone unless u are in my contacts if it’s in important they will leave a voicemail
Not even a voicemail I have had people pretend to be federal agents and stuff the scammers are getting crafty AF lol just a bunch of scammers hence why I use my masked phone number
It's so bad and going to get worse as the technology improves. You really can't trust any number calling ur cell as spoofing can make you think Uncle Steve is calling, but it really is scammers. Same with c.card companies and banks... spoofing is draining accounts worldwide. You can literally be spoofed on any number now. It's frightening. I feel really bad for elderly falling for these scams.
The Hospitals also sell your info; I got cancer and now get all types of calls/mailings for burial plots/ins. social security scammers/bots; etc...+++ read even if you try best to keep that new # private any family member or friend that is not secure...the scammers can see all "Their" contacts info....but thanx for another Awesome video Sir
@LironSegev Hi again. If you have a minute to help clarify for me... Please? Can a person just get or use this voip u mention and therefore NOT be incurring yet more monthly fees? I am trying to understand and then apply the best options to follow ur lead. Thx again excellent video.
@@j.h.d.2153 I have a Google Voice number (VOIP) and it rings on my phone and I can also text with it. Voicemails left also show up in my connected gmail account. The number has to be associated with a Gmail account though. I’ve had this number since 2008 I think. You can get it for free if you don’t “port” your number. I wasn’t clear on what that would do to my real cell number so I didn’t port it or look into that.
This is one of the best information videos that I've ever seen. Thank you sooo very much. You deserve a hero's trophy for your efforts helping the general public stay safe.
I have 3 wireless numbers. I use one for family and friends, the other is for businesses and the third I don't use at all, however the problem is with some of the companies out there your not allowed to give them a VoIP and your forced to give them your real number which it should be our right to have a VoIP number especially with all of the selling of our personal information.
What I do is make my default ringtone complete silence, so I never even hear these calls. Anyone who has legitimate business with me will leave a voice mail that will have identifiable information. Any call that doesnt leave a voicemail, or is not already on my contact list, is dismissed on the spot. This has worked very well for me.
Yeah same. If you're not already saved in my phone so it pops up as "grandma" "bestie" "neighbour" etc., I just ignore. Real calls leave messages I can respond to.
iOS lets you silence calls not in your contact list and sends them directly to VM. That works well for me. It even seems to reduce the number of robocalls over time. Very few of them leave VM.
@@tubular618 This is the way to go! My voicemail message tells the caller that my phone won't ring if they're not in my contact list, but I'll call right back if they leave a message asking me to. Spammers and scammers very rarely do; some roobocallers are programmed to spam your voicemail, but that's also rare.
That's what I do too. The only issue is that scammers can spoof the numbers in your contacts as well as cops, hospitals, etc. So if you answer Uncle Steve's call....it now could be spoofing and AI copying his voice...huge sigh. No wonder elderly are getting their accounts drained. It's going to get worse, too. May the Lord have mercy on all our souls 🐾 🕊 🙏
No, these numbers are not very useful. Companies use shared information 'to give you a better consumer experience'. So you are targeted because of your behaviour using Google, Facebook, Alexis, Google Net and so on. Analytics will be used to think what you might need in the future. Often this works, but sometimes it doesn't. We all agree to this by giving business permissions. It's part of the job of the IT department, working together with specialized business employees.
Yes the USA has it. It's useless. What truly amazes me is I called my Carrier, one of the big 3. I asked why they don't prevent these calls. I was told they can't. I have trouble believing multibillion dollar tech companies can't prevent spam. No they leave it to the end user to protect themselves, while they gladly leave us as victims of preventable incursions. It creates another whole industry the end user has to pay for, virus protection costing hundreds of millions. If Norton can stop it why can't A _& _, T _ _ _ _ _ _ _, C_ _ _ _ _ t, and the rest?
Unless I will actually need to speak to the person or company I just give my landline number - there is no phone connected to it so I never get any calls. 😂
Jim H I’m with you never give out my cell always give out my land line which I still have but is not functional. Retired CATV employee and have free internet and landline for the next 5 years as part of my retirement.
I thinkk correct strategy to oppose this is that make yourself not interesting for any of them, and act and do based on that+ Protaction by desire. Cool Video!
Telcos also illegally sell numbers and the reason I have come to that conclusion it that a data sim with a number that was never and could never be given out to anyone, started getting junk calls when I took it out of the wifi dongle it usually sits in and put it in to a phone.
I love having these options available however it still requires me to change my number to all my family & friends which is what I think prevents most of us from changing our numbers in the first place. I wish there was a way to wipe our information from all those public places and then get Mint Mobile & Google Voice over IP to use for those take-out order updates, things I’ve ordered online, etc.
That's why I said port your number and keep it active. Then only use your new number to call/ text family and get them to update their contact info. It's a pain but worth it. When you really think about it, it's a small number of people that really need that number.
Think of changing your number like this - everybody keeps your number stored on their phones and just push a button to call you - they don’t have to memorize it. Only a few very close people will have it memorized and they also still have to press that one button to call you anyway . It’s really not a hardship for anyone. Change it!!💕
@@LironSegev I agree with having two numbers and it's alll and great until the people really need our phone numbers install a free flashlight app and then shared all the contacts again.
Info from various sources can be "Triangulated" to allow bad actors to know enough to pose as you to take out credit under your name. The worst is, them using your home as collateral to borrow big. The new SIM should be used for financials and taxes only. Robo call and spam are manageable on the old phone.
I'm glad I have always followed this rule of never giving my number I just say I don't have one if asked. As for email I just have a 'junk email' for spam. I keep a very low profile on the internet and pay cash for everything.
I'm about ready to give up trying to live anonymously. The simple solution is for these businesses to respect our privacy. Despite giving up my phone number and email, I don't get much telemarketing by phone or email. With caller ID, I just don't answer unknown numbers. As for email, I have methods in place that rejects certain email and I don't respond to email by the links in the email or call the phone numbers in the email.
The privacy statement and terms and conditions are too long to read. It’s pages and pages. The company needs an upfront short and sweet disclosure. Don’t trick people knowing they don’t have a lot of time.
I got my SIM card in a state I've never lived. Every phone call or text message from that area code gets blocked. So far I've blocked 29 numbers in 11 years! 😀
My cellphone is for my exclusive use. No one has my cell number, there for, all calls are unsolicited and are ignored. My cell number is blocked on outgoing calls. My house phone is for family and friends. I can call into my answering machine for any messages.
Back in the day, I paid verizon for an unlisted home phone number. Yes, a POTS number. One day I get a call and I ask the caller how they got my number. Random generator. FWIW, the caller was from Arbitron the radio audience measuring folks. So, I suspect that a lot of the calls coming to my cell or voip number (yes, I have one of those too), randomly generated my numbers.
There use to be (and I'm sure still are) things they used to call "demon dialers". They tell their software to dial all the numbers consecutively in a range, and it just dials through all of them.
Remember when stores started to claw for your #? "Would you like your receipt texted to you? Or printed? With the pitch of " surely you've lost a receipt. We want to make sure that doesn't happen to you again."🙄 The text to verify to sign up for a web site 🤨. Why not just ask for the phone number? To verify it's a person they say? Can I get a list of the site owners credentials before I decide if they are not crooks? 🐓
I have speedy online service. Timing is everything if you do it, right? Your food will be freshly waiting for you right when you get there. And you have the opt of paying through saved pymt.
I wish I could. ;.; Storm winds tonight and me with only a bike. I generally phone my order in and pay the driver cash, but I didn't have enough tonight. Well, I kind-of did, but only for a small meal and I didn't want to pay the delivery charge for a small meal.
People should be aware that porting your number to Google into a VOIP system will also mean that many other systems will not accept it as a means for you to verify security tokens on their respective service. Discord would be an example where a VOIP number cannot be used to verify an account. Google itself also is a data mining giant, so that's another thing to consider. I use Google Voice for a business phone number that's forwarded to my real phone, but I'd be hesitant about taking a real number and turning into VOIP, could cause more problems with verification and authorization across many services.
I use an old landline number when stores ask for a phone number to identify my account. I can remember it with no problem, and the phone scammers can't use it for anything. It wastes their time.
The "sound" of your comment is automatically directed to my intuition and all that it hears is that you must be under the age of 38. Is my intuition correct?
@LironSegev that would be cool if you could do a video on the little hatchment to your phones like the C ports and the USB C to C i bought three of them and I don't even know what to use them for 🤣
I give out my number both here and there, but it still doesn't show up in any google search. Maybe I should edit the number on the pages where I don't need it, but it's not uncommon that a site needs your number for 2-factor authentification. Paying 15 dollars a month for a second number? That's as much as I pay for my regular subscription, so that seems unnecessarily costly. I would rather not pay such amounts just to have a second number. It I really wanted to have a second number, I could get one much cheaper than that, but it's still unnecessary. Having even more numbers? No, please...one is plenty enough for me.
@@LironSegev I don't use Google or Chrome at all and my experiences with UA-cam's censorship and underhanded shadowbanning practices have been anything but pleasant lately.
Thanks Liron great advice. I've been using my cell phone number only with a few need to know - friends, family, employer, bank, brokerage, etc. For everyone else, marketing sites, I use a google voice number or toll free VM box number (I have a couple). Can you use an eSIM on any phone or must there be dual SIM slots?
I have Google voice number and it is constantly being refused / not accepted when I give it for a confirmation number or message. No company likes that VOIP number
I’ve had my Google Voice number since 2008 and it was refused once. I think they just want a number they can ultimately sell and bug the heck out of us.
Even easier. Just use your landline number with a Call Guardian device active. Sorted. Also, my mobile is set up to send all calls not on my contacts list to voicemail.
There are email accounts I can no longer access because they are tied to an old phone number which I no longer have access to. For that reason alone I feel very strongly that tying your authentication to a number that could change over time is a bad move.
then the Gen Z family member uses Facebook phone app or some other social medial product, shares everything on the phone and we are all right back where we started
I could really get lost in a sea of numbers then, and forget in the heat of the day which number(s) to keep private, which ones to use for this or that...
Sadly, my UK mobile number of 25 years is a regular victim of robo-diallers, simply because of having a lot of zeros, it’s near the beginning of any easily guessable list. I don’t need to have entered it anywhere for them to ‘guess’ it. 😐
There is no such thing as a "brand new number" all numbers are recycled. Unless there is a new area code that was just created the number you getis recycled.
I got a new 'phone, contract and number. I did not give the new number to anyone. Within days I had 5 "your package is waiting" text messages. I had not used the 'phone at all.
Would be nice to know if there was a way to setup a phone at home, then fwd calls to your new phone remotely. Like an app that does that which doesn’t go through provider
I got a better fix. Just put your phone on to block calls except from your contacts list. I still get calls, but they don't ring unless on the list, and very few will leave a voice mail . If they do f'em I don't care.
I looked for my cell phone number and got "It looks like there aren't many great matches for your search". Alas Google Voice is US only and the way Google jettison services you never know what is next. They just sold off their domain registrar services to SquareSpace.
I use Google number and it's free, I work from home and when I step out of my desk I carry a pre-paid cell number that I don't give to anyone. When someone calls my Google number it rings on my cell.
Until recently I dismissed the whole "your phone is spying on you" as paranoia. The other day I asked my neighbor about where she buys her firewood and she sent me a screen shot of the mom and pop suppliers contact information. Within a couple of hours I was getting targeted ads for woodstoves from Amazon... Thanks for the info Liron
Don’t worry I as a security professional also missed it. The amount of ads that run and the info is outrageous. It has become a security concern. You wouldn’t know if you weren’t aware.
Same! I get targeted for things I have said OUT LOUD in my house, things I have never attended to online in any way. Absolutely chilling. I had heard several times that “they” are listening to us but did not believe it fully. I do now.
@@Bronte866 FWIW, "they" are robotic software. So you're safe ... at least until the machines take over. (Be careful what you say about AI, is all I'm saying.)
@@jpdemer5 the police n government will get you well before ai...
If she sent you the mom & pop store phone number how you started getting calls on YOUR NUMBER? Puzzling!
Unfortunately, this procedure won't stop some robocalls. Most robocallers now don't use a database of specific numbers, but just dial every possible number in a block or area code. This way, they don't overlook any that are private or not in a database. So even if your phone number was NEVER used, it will be called by spammers.
And they seem to either have an endless supply of phone numbers to call from,or more likely they spoof the caller ID info to make it almost impossible to block them. Block 1 number? They just call from another one.
Funny how I get calls with my area code, but I haven't lived in that area for the last ten years.
DMVs sell your information. My doctor uses a reminder service that sells my number. My pharmacy's computers get breached, and I end up with the worse spam calls.
The list goes on and on.
Same here. I haven’t lived in my home state for ten years so if I get a call with any of those area codes I just let it go or I reject it if it’s not in my contact list.
I have a second number from Google Voice, which is free. I can make, or take, calls from my Android phone using either my cell phone number or my Google Voice number. Google Voice also has a call screening feature. It forces everyone to identify themselves when calling my Google Voice number and then gives me the option to accept the call or send to voice mail.
Sounds perfect
@@blackrock1961You also get this call screen feature in the Google Phone app on the Google Pixel phones. It really is an amazing feature to have on your phone and it cuts down on all the spammers, scammers, and such of the like.
@blackrock1961 I did the same thing. That's the number I give out.
Not supported in Australia it would seem.
I don’t get it. The second phone will be linked to your IMEI, which will be linked to the first phone and you are done
Some apps or services you try to sign up for can detect and will not accept a VOIP number.
i can’t believe ppl still picking up calls they don’t know i never answer my phone unless u are in my contacts if it’s in important they will leave a voicemail
Sometimes a family member May be in an emergency situation and use a number from a stranger phone. Hope they can leave a msg.
I answer because I have family members who might be calling from another number in emergency or because they cannot find phone. So I answer all calls.
Not even a voicemail I have had people pretend to be federal agents and stuff the scammers are getting crafty AF lol just a bunch of scammers hence why I use my masked phone number
@@deebee533 911? Usually more reliable than a family member...most family members are pretty clueless, albeit well-meaning.
It's so bad and going to get worse as the technology improves.
You really can't trust any number calling ur cell as spoofing can make you think Uncle Steve is calling, but it really is scammers.
Same with c.card companies and banks... spoofing is draining accounts worldwide.
You can literally be spoofed on any number now.
It's frightening.
I feel really bad for elderly falling for these scams.
Thank you Liron, for all you do to help.
Appreciate you being here 🔥
@@LironSegev Appreciate you! Glad and grateful I found your videos.
The Hospitals also sell your info; I got cancer and now get all types of calls/mailings for burial plots/ins. social security scammers/bots; etc...+++ read even if you try best to keep that new # private any family member or friend that is not secure...the scammers can see all "Their" contacts info....but thanx for another Awesome video Sir
Sadly that is true. That's why I like voip as you can just create numbers as needed.
@LironSegev
Hi again. If you have a minute to help clarify for me... Please?
Can a person just get or use this voip u mention and therefore NOT be incurring yet more monthly fees?
I am trying to understand and then apply the best options to follow ur lead. Thx again excellent video.
@@j.h.d.2153 I have a Google Voice number (VOIP) and it rings on my phone and I can also text with it. Voicemails left also show up in my connected gmail account. The number has to be associated with a Gmail account though. I’ve had this number since 2008 I think. You can get it for free if you don’t “port” your number. I wasn’t clear on what that would do to my real cell number so I didn’t port it or look into that.
How very sad and terrible. Hope you are in and will stay in remission, my friend. ❤
Thats not sad..thats downright CRUEL...it's happening everywhere
This is one of the best information videos that I've ever seen. Thank you sooo very much. You deserve a hero's trophy for your efforts helping the general public stay safe.
I have 3 wireless numbers. I use one for family and friends, the other is for businesses and the third I don't use at all, however the problem is with some of the companies out there your not allowed to give them a VoIP and your forced to give them your real number which it should be our right to have a VoIP number especially with all of the selling of our personal information.
They cant tell a voip from landline from.cell.. stop bsing
@@barry1122 Yeah, they can. If you don't believe it, try setting up a Chick-fil-A account with anything other than a cell phone.
Very interesting information, thank you. I googled my cell number and didn't have a single hit! Good for me! Thanks again for your videos.
What I do is make my default ringtone complete silence, so I never even hear these calls. Anyone who has legitimate business with me will leave a voice mail that will have identifiable information.
Any call that doesnt leave a voicemail, or is not already on my contact list, is dismissed on the spot.
This has worked very well for me.
Yeah same. If you're not already saved in my phone so it pops up as "grandma" "bestie" "neighbour" etc., I just ignore. Real calls leave messages I can respond to.
iOS lets you silence calls not in your contact list and sends them directly to VM. That works well for me. It even seems to reduce the number of robocalls over time. Very few of them leave VM.
@@tubular618 This is the way to go! My voicemail message tells the caller that my phone won't ring if they're not in my contact list, but I'll call right back if they leave a message asking me to. Spammers and scammers very rarely do; some roobocallers are programmed to spam your voicemail, but that's also rare.
If I get a number I don't recognize I do use spydialer. If doesn't show whose number it is I block on cell phone.
That's what I do too. The only issue is that scammers can spoof the numbers in your contacts as well as cops, hospitals, etc.
So if you answer Uncle Steve's call....it now could be spoofing and AI copying his voice...huge sigh.
No wonder elderly are getting their accounts drained.
It's going to get worse, too.
May the Lord have mercy on all our souls 🐾 🕊 🙏
The telecommunications companies sell the numbers anyway. They admit it.
SO DO BUSINESSES
Yeah, thats very obvious
ZoomInfo uses T-Mobile as one of their resources or perhaps they are partners
No, these numbers are not very useful. Companies use shared information 'to give you a better consumer experience'. So you are targeted because of your behaviour using Google, Facebook, Alexis, Google Net and so on. Analytics will be used to think what you might need in the future. Often this works, but sometimes it doesn't. We all agree to this by giving business permissions. It's part of the job of the IT department, working together with specialized business employees.
No, it does not work so.
Great information, as usual Liron
Thanks for the message
In Australia we have a “Do Not Call” register to stop most unwanted calls.
We have that in the US also,but I'm sure a lot of spam callers are in other countries where they don't have to adhere to any do not call lists.
Yes we have it here in US but yet they still get thru.
Unfortunately it doesn't stop polit8cal or charities & it also doesn't stop all those scammers now using l9cal numbers
In the US I registered for the Do Not Call but stopped because I got more Robo calls once I registered 😅....
Yes the USA has it. It's useless. What truly amazes me is I called my Carrier, one of the big 3. I asked why they don't prevent these calls. I was told they can't. I have trouble believing multibillion dollar tech companies can't prevent spam. No they leave it to the end user to protect themselves, while they gladly leave us as victims of preventable incursions. It creates another whole industry the end user has to pay for, virus protection costing hundreds of millions. If Norton can stop it why can't A _& _, T _ _ _ _ _ _ _, C_ _ _ _ _ t, and the rest?
Unless I will actually need to speak to the person or company I just give my landline number - there is no phone connected to it so I never get any calls. 😂
Ditto
What are we going to do when they get rid of the land lines in a year or so?
Jim H I’m with you never give out my cell always give out my land line which I still have but is not functional. Retired CATV employee and have free internet and landline for the next 5 years as part of my retirement.
I give out my long gone parents home phone number lol.
Give them someone else’s number 😂
I got a new number. Now, when asked for my mobile number, I give them my old, defunct one. Works every time.
I thinkk correct strategy to oppose this is that make yourself not interesting for any of them, and act and do based on that+ Protaction by desire. Cool Video!
Telcos also illegally sell numbers and the reason I have come to that conclusion it that a data sim with a number that was never and could never be given out to anyone, started getting junk calls when I took it out of the wifi dongle it usually sits in and put it in to a phone.
And don't forget all those big data leaks from various Cell phone providers that exposed millions of numbers...
I love having these options available however it still requires me to change my number to all my family & friends which is what I think prevents most of us from changing our numbers in the first place. I wish there was a way to wipe our information from all those public places and then get Mint Mobile & Google Voice over IP to use for those take-out order updates, things I’ve ordered online, etc.
That's why I said port your number and keep it active. Then only use your new number to call/ text family and get them to update their contact info. It's a pain but worth it. When you really think about it, it's a small number of people that really need that number.
Think of changing your number like this - everybody keeps your number stored on their phones and just push a button to call you - they don’t have to memorize it. Only a few very close people will have it memorized and they also still have to press that one button to call you anyway . It’s really not a hardship for anyone. Change it!!💕
@@LironSegev I agree with having two numbers and it's alll and great until the people really need our phone numbers install a free flashlight app and then shared all the contacts again.
Thanks
appreciate you!
I have a sim-only deal on my old phone. Costs about £2 a month on a 30day contract. I use that number for online.
Another informative video. I hadn't considered this, but it does make sense. Thanks, Liron! Make it a great day, all!
Before long when you are born you are going to be assigned a social security and a phone number.
With a gender option of your choosing.
@@mickk8519 You won't have to chose your gender until your 5th birthday.
You joke, but we are not far from that with them handing out free phones to "undocumented" immigrants to track them and tell them how to vote.
I appreciate you sharing those information .Thank you for sharing.
Liron, 👌 great video content as usual 👍
Info from various sources can be "Triangulated" to allow bad actors to know enough to pose as you to take out credit under your name. The worst is, them using your home as collateral to borrow big. The new SIM should be used for financials and taxes only. Robo call and spam are manageable on the old phone.
Thank you for using your powers for good and not evil.
Its common knowledge around here
@@Senseshouldbesocommon How do you know he isn’t doing evil when the cameras aren’t rolling 😈
I'm glad I have always followed this rule of never giving my number I just say I don't have one if asked. As for email I just have a 'junk email' for spam. I keep a very low profile on the internet and pay cash for everything.
Thank you for this, brother! I know that it’s going to help me immensely. This was my introduction to you, and I subscribed immediately.
Welcome aboard!
FYI: Mint is a T-Mobile MVNO. Some other MVNO that uses ATT might be better, but, just minimally in terms of privacy.
I NEVER GIVE MY CELL # TO ANYONE
I always give my VoIP number (Google Voice), and only my family knows my cell number.
Thank you Liron
The city bmv/dmv also sell your information.
Thanks Liron! Great video
My pleasure!
I'm about ready to give up trying to live anonymously. The simple solution is for these businesses to respect our privacy. Despite giving up my phone number and email, I don't get much telemarketing by phone or email. With caller ID, I just don't answer unknown numbers. As for email, I have methods in place that rejects certain email and I don't respond to email by the links in the email or call the phone numbers in the email.
They all get my old childhood phone number. It goes to a landline that is never answered. lol
The privacy statement and terms and conditions are too long to read. It’s pages and pages. The company needs an upfront short and sweet disclosure. Don’t trick people knowing they don’t have a lot of time.
I got my SIM card in a state I've never lived. Every phone call or text message from that area code gets blocked. So far I've blocked 29 numbers in 11 years! 😀
My cellphone is for my exclusive use.
No one has my cell number, there for, all calls are unsolicited and are ignored.
My cell number is blocked on outgoing calls.
My house phone is for family and friends.
I can call into my answering machine for any messages.
Back in the day, I paid verizon for an unlisted home phone number. Yes, a POTS number. One day I get a call and I ask the caller how they got my number. Random generator. FWIW, the caller was from Arbitron the radio audience measuring folks. So, I suspect that a lot of the calls coming to my cell or voip number (yes, I have one of those too), randomly generated my numbers.
There use to be (and I'm sure still are) things they used to call "demon dialers". They tell their software to dial all the numbers consecutively in a range, and it just dials through all of them.
Prob put your area code into generator
Remember when stores started to claw for your #?
"Would you like your receipt texted to you? Or printed? With the pitch of " surely you've lost a receipt. We want to make sure that doesn't happen to you again."🙄 The text to verify to sign up for a web site 🤨. Why not just ask for the phone number? To verify it's a person they say? Can I get a list of the site owners credentials before I decide if they are not crooks? 🐓
I switched to mint mobile. Bought a @200 samsung phone and I'm paying $15 a month instead of $55
People should BEWARE, PERIOD! Why do you think chips were mass distributed in the first place?
I never order food online. I go in person and pay cash.
I have speedy online service. Timing is everything if you do it, right? Your food will be freshly waiting for you right when you get there. And you have the opt of paying through saved pymt.
I wish I could. ;.; Storm winds tonight and me with only a bike. I generally phone my order in and pay the driver cash, but I didn't have enough tonight. Well, I kind-of did, but only for a small meal and I didn't want to pay the delivery charge for a small meal.
They continue to sell your info.
We sometimes get usps mail from companies for someone who lived here over 20 yrs ago in their maiden name.
Most people; I don't care, I have nothing to hide! 🤣🤣
I've had my number for 15 years and I googled it, Nothing came up and I've given it away like your examples.
Do dark web now...
People should be aware that porting your number to Google into a VOIP system will also mean that many other systems will not accept it as a means for you to verify security tokens on their respective service. Discord would be an example where a VOIP number cannot be used to verify an account. Google itself also is a data mining giant, so that's another thing to consider. I use Google Voice for a business phone number that's forwarded to my real phone, but I'd be hesitant about taking a real number and turning into VOIP, could cause more problems with verification and authorization across many services.
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I prefer just using google voice as secondary. Point to that and then forward to main.
I use an old landline number when stores ask for a phone number to identify my account.
I can remember it with no problem, and the phone scammers can't use it for anything. It wastes their time.
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There is a fine line between cautiousness and paranoia.
The "sound" of your comment is automatically directed to my intuition and all that it hears is that you must be under the age of 38. Is my intuition correct?
I don’t get it. The second phone will be linked to your IMEI, which will be linked to the first phone and you are done
This is why I never hand my mobile numbers to business; not even Amazon which has my landline number.
Google searched my number and not a thing came up that related to it or me.
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@LironSegev that would be cool if you could do a video on the little hatchment to your phones like the C ports and the USB C to C i bought three of them and I don't even know what to use them for 🤣
There are privacy browsers which block your apps from sending data etc... Duck duck go and the other is Brave.
This is okay for avoiding spam. If you really want to go "off grid".. toss the cell phone and use carrier pigeons. 😁
You need and update. Carrier pigeons are extinct. Try Carrier Mosquitoes?
WOW! I just happened upon this video! I had to subscribe!
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I give out my number both here and there, but it still doesn't show up in any google search. Maybe I should edit the number on the pages where I don't need it, but it's not uncommon that a site needs your number for 2-factor authentification. Paying 15 dollars a month for a second number? That's as much as I pay for my regular subscription, so that seems unnecessarily costly. I would rather not pay such amounts just to have a second number. It I really wanted to have a second number, I could get one much cheaper than that, but it's still unnecessary. Having even more numbers? No, please...one is plenty enough for me.
The GOV can make the internet coverage go away, any time any where.
Like I would trust Google more 😀
I love this Google hate as if it's one company and yet "I don't trust Google but I use UA-cam and Google search and chrome"... 🤔
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@@LironSegev I don't use Google or Chrome at all and my experiences with UA-cam's censorship and underhanded shadowbanning practices have been anything but pleasant lately.
it is 1 company
@@LironSegevYou said it!
Thanks Liron great advice. I've been using my cell phone number only with a few need to know - friends, family, employer, bank, brokerage, etc. For everyone else, marketing sites, I use a google voice number or toll free VM box number (I have a couple). Can you use an eSIM on any phone or must there be dual SIM slots?
The workers at the telephone company sold out data.
I have Google voice number and it is constantly being refused / not accepted when I give it for a confirmation number or message. No company likes that VOIP number
I’ve had my Google Voice number since 2008 and it was refused once. I think they just want a number they can ultimately sell and bug the heck out of us.
A another thing is where you get your number from has already been used by someone else before you
Even easier. Just use your landline number with a Call Guardian device active. Sorted. Also, my mobile is set up to send all calls not on my contacts list to voicemail.
There are email accounts I can no longer access because they are tied to an old phone number which I no longer have access to. For that reason alone I feel very strongly that tying your authentication to a number that could change over time is a bad move.
why would your number change? Your main cell number doesn't change unless you stop paying your account and get a new number.
What about using the phone apps, too? Example: TextNow.
then the Gen Z family member uses Facebook phone app or some other social medial product, shares everything on the phone and we are all right back where we started
The gist of the story is get two numbers .
Great video...thanks
Once they have your number it's out there so you can spend all kind of money with all other kind of apps to protect yourself but it's too late
Not really. If you watched the video you can see how you can use the system to protect your privacy
I could really get lost in a sea of numbers then, and forget in the heat of the day which number(s) to keep private, which ones to use for this or that...
No ones got my number according to Google, but it's been searched 4 times?
Right
Welcome to USA. In spanish it means "use".
No. Its USAR
Sadly, my UK mobile number of 25 years is a regular victim of robo-diallers, simply because of having a lot of zeros, it’s near the beginning of any easily guessable list. I don’t need to have entered it anywhere for them to ‘guess’ it. 😐
No one is guessing anything.. you specifically are not the target
The only way to stay safe for sure is don't own one of these smartphones and don't use a computer connected to the Internet
There is no such thing as a "brand new number" all numbers are recycled. Unless there is a new area code that was just created the number you getis recycled.
The cell phone companies themselves sell our info
I'm so tired of the (personal) information age
Thanks
You could just use a Google voice number. I have a cell and a Google voice number.
I have a program on my phone and if it doesn’t identify the number, it goes straight to voicemail. It doesn’t even ring
I got a new 'phone, contract and number. I did not give the new number to anyone. Within days I had 5 "your package is waiting" text messages. I had not used the 'phone at all.
I use sideline
Would be nice to know if there was a way to setup a phone at home, then fwd calls to your new phone remotely. Like an app that does that which doesn’t go through provider
You could just forward all calls from the first phone. I've done that when switching to a new phone with a new number.
I got a better fix. Just put your phone on to block calls except from your contacts list. I still get calls, but they don't ring unless on the list, and very few will leave a voice mail . If they do f'em I don't care.
One thing Liron. Mint Mobile is owned by AT&T. Also what about remote Sim Swapping? Also seems like you're giving Google a little too much credit?
Do the phone stores set this up?
As an IT guy I always read anything I give my # to.
As an IT guy, you know reading everthing dosent help??
My way around this. I give everyone my free Google phone number. Basically nobody knows my cell phone number.
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Mintnobile isn't available in UK
I've been happy with GiffGaff for years.
Why not just use a free google voice number instead of paying to port your existing cell number or buying a Mint#?
i get restricted phone calls . is there away to look up and see who it was . ?
Not without a legal warrant as far as I know
How do you know the phone number was brand new and has never been recycled?
It was a number I owned for 10 years which has never been used on a burner phone
You dont. Its highly unlikely its brand new.
I looked for my cell phone number and got "It looks like there aren't many great matches for your search". Alas Google Voice is US only and the way Google jettison services you never know what is next. They just sold off their domain registrar services to SquareSpace.
There are many internal voip providers.
@@LironSegev Yes I used Hushed in the past and they have phone # here in Canada.
I use Google number and it's free, I work from home and when I step out of my desk I carry a pre-paid cell number that I don't give to anyone. When someone calls my Google number it rings on my cell.