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A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account
(www.404media.co)
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
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oh great 404 is doing paywalls now
i fucking hate the internet
i guess i just don't get to learn about Google bleeding my phone number
I received an email from 404 about this, so I got one extra detail that isn't available on the website without a subscription:
That's nice to know, at least.
I dont even know if i can believe this.
Google's big on security. They don't want to let people have your phone number... without going through them and giving them money.