[allworknoplay]

This is insane. Phone companies published numbers because it was generally considered helpful and the costs of unsolicited calling were relatively high. By the 70s delisting was an option, and by the late 90s it was very common (in the US). The internet made this a no-brainer, and to suggest that it’s somehow ok just because it used to be (in a totally different world) is beyond ridiculous.

We don’t have the option here — people provide their number to a service to be able to use it, and the numbers are then compromised, in breach of that contract and because of the service’s failures.

The two are not remotely alike, what the fuck are you even talking about.

[dang]

Please make your substantive points without name-calling and swipes. Those are against the site guidelines and we ban accounts that post that way—it's because we're trying for a different fate than internet-default here, or at least to stave it off a while longer.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.