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pmarreck
on Nov 16, 2023
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From email to phone number, a new OSINT approach (...
Keeping a phone number secret is "security by obscurity" and therefore the whole point of this article is rather moot.
realusername
on Nov 16, 2023
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Not completely, when you have the email + the phone number, you can make much more sophisticated phishing attempts
pmarreck
on Nov 23, 2023
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That doesn't change the fact that these are not "secrets" (except by accident) and that their current secrecy-by-coincidence therefore should not be relied upon
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