Okay, here we go: I woke up to a scam message on my WhatsApp. I just blocked the number, before starting to wonder how they got my number. And guess what I found out? They got a data breach and didn’t tell their users a singular thing. And when asked about it, they tried to deny it.

(In Portuguese for whoever can/wants to read it): https://itshow.com.br/hacker-vende-dados-clientes-infraestrutura-aws-claro/

So, here I am to ask: What can I do to avoid getting my phone number “less breacheable”? Is there a specific company that supports brazillian phone numbering I should switch to now?

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 天前

    Yes and no. You can try and go without a phone number but I’ve found that to be literally impossible. Or you can change your phone # periodically, that’s what I do.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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        3 天前

        I don’t know what a “small fix phone” is, but the phone is not the problem. The problem is basic services that require a phone number as part of your registration.

        • Meow-Misfit@lemmy.worldOP
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          3 天前

          Oh. Fix Phone, I don’t know if this is the term in English, but I mean it as… one of these on the image, that you leave at home. Also called by the Weirdos That Refuse To Download Signal at my house, “Home’s Phone”.

          • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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            2 天前

            Oh yeah, that’s a “home phone” or a “landline phone”. But these types of phones cannot receive SMS messages so they don’t solve the problem.