Anthony Albanese's mobile phone number released online
www.abc.net.au
Sussan Ley and other prominent Australians are among those whose details have also been made available on a US-based website.

What are the chances this will lead to online data privacy reform and corporate accountability for PII for all? or just…some?

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    161·
    6 months ago

    You still have to have some kind of unique identifier. What do you propose phone numbers are replaced with because I can’t think of anything that isn’t basically just the same but with a different flavour or actually is actively worse.

    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Sure you can have a unique identifier. That’s not the issue. The issue is that anyone can contact you via your phone number! This is not a problem with chat apps where people need permission to add you to their contact list. Why not have a system like that?

      Same goes for credit cards. They should need to ask for permission to charge your credit card. Merely knowing your credit card info should not be enough.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        But then you just get spammed with requests for connection. Just like spam email, the call coming through wouldn’t be the point anymore it would be the connection request.