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Yep, surely you also know the world has changed dramatically since then too, especially in regards to information security. International automated scraping and spam, identity theft and even stalking are now international activities. People weren't under such high pressure from information threats in the ye olden days.

Name and phone numbers are Personally Identifying Information in most countries with strong privacy laws, for me I cannot store that info privately without consent let alone make it public.




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