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Until recently I dismissed the whole "your phone is spying on you" as paranoia. The other day I asked my neighbor about where she buys her firewood and she sent me a screen shot of the mom and pop suppliers contact information. Within a couple of hours I was getting targeted ads for woodstoves from Amazon... Thanks for the info Liron
Don’t worry I as a security professional also missed it. The amount of ads that run and the info is outrageous. It has become a security concern. You wouldn’t know if you weren’t aware.
Same! I get targeted for things I have said OUT LOUD in my house, things I have never attended to online in any way. Absolutely chilling. I had heard several times that “they” are listening to us but did not believe it fully. I do now.
@@Bronte866 FWIW, "they" are robotic software. So you're safe ... at least until the machines take over. (Be careful what you say about AI, is all I'm saying.)
@@jpdemer5 the police n government will get you well before ai...
If she sent you the mom & pop store phone number how you started getting calls on YOUR NUMBER? Puzzling!
The telecommunications companies sell the numbers anyway. They admit it.
SO DO BUSINESSES
Yeah, thats very obvious
ZoomInfo uses T-Mobile as one of their resources or perhaps they are partners
No, these numbers are not very useful. Companies use shared information 'to give you a better consumer experience'. So you are targeted because of your behaviour using Google, Facebook, Alexis, Google Net and so on. Analytics will be used to think what you might need in the future. Often this works, but sometimes it doesn't. We all agree to this by giving business permissions. It's part of the job of the IT department, working together with specialized business employees.
i can’t believe ppl still picking up calls they don’t know i never answer my phone unless u are in my contacts if it’s in important they will leave a voicemail
Sometimes a family member May be in an emergency situation and use a number from a stranger phone. Hope they can leave a msg.
I answer because I have family members who might be calling from another number in emergency or because they cannot find phone. So I answer all calls.
Not even a voicemail I have had people pretend to be federal agents and stuff the scammers are getting crafty AF lol just a bunch of scammers hence why I use my masked phone number
@@deebee533 911? Usually more reliable than a family member...most family members are pretty clueless, albeit well-meaning.
It's so bad and going to get worse as the technology improves. You really can't trust any number calling ur cell as spoofing can make you think Uncle Steve is calling, but it really is scammers. Same with c.card companies and banks... spoofing is draining accounts worldwide. You can literally be spoofed on any number now. It's frightening. I feel really bad for elderly falling for these scams.
I didnt even get the option to keep my number private, because the person who had it before me seems to have sold their number out to everyone on the planet. I get a dozen text messages with malware downloads per day, and used to get all sorts of calls every day; all directed at the previous owner. things from job application call backs, to debt collectors, to coworkers... I know far too much information about this person... and the kicker is, her husband has called me multiple times to curse me out and threaten to come find me and kick my ass... for what... having his wifes previous phone number...
LOL, but sorry to hear this. Been able to reduce the calls?
@@havad3938 nope, and the guy now has his friends call and harass me as well, since I blocked his number
Yikes for real!! Have you thought of just calling ur provider and getting another number. Maybe even suggesting they park that number for a long time.
@havad3938 I would just unanswer all these kind of phone calls.
What I do is make my default ringtone complete silence, so I never even hear these calls. Anyone who has legitimate business with me will leave a voice mail that will have identifiable information. Any call that doesnt leave a voicemail, or is not already on my contact list, is dismissed on the spot. This has worked very well for me.
Yeah same. If you're not already saved in my phone so it pops up as "grandma" "bestie" "neighbour" etc., I just ignore. Real calls leave messages I can respond to.
iOS lets you silence calls not in your contact list and sends them directly to VM. That works well for me. It even seems to reduce the number of robocalls over time. Very few of them leave VM.
@@tubular618 This is the way to go! My voicemail message tells the caller that my phone won't ring if they're not in my contact list, but I'll call right back if they leave a message asking me to. Spammers and scammers very rarely do; some roobocallers are programmed to spam your voicemail, but that's also rare.
If I get a number I don't recognize I do use spydialer. If doesn't show whose number it is I block on cell phone.
That's what I do too. The only issue is that scammers can spoof the numbers in your contacts as well as cops, hospitals, etc. So if you answer Uncle Steve's call....it now could be spoofing and AI copying his voice...huge sigh. No wonder elderly are getting their accounts drained. It's going to get worse, too. May the Lord have mercy on all our souls 🐾 🕊 🙏
This is okay for avoiding spam. If you really want to go "off grid".. toss the cell phone and use carrier pigeons. 😁
Unless I will actually need to speak to the person or company I just give my landline number - there is no phone connected to it so I never get any calls. 😂
Ditto
What are we going to do when they get rid of the land lines in a year or so?
Some apps or services you try to sign up for can detect and will not accept a VOIP number.
The Hospitals also sell your info; I got cancer and now get all types of calls/mailings for burial plots/ins. social security scammers/bots; etc...+++ read even if you try best to keep that new # private any family member or friend that is not secure...the scammers can see all "Their" contacts info....but thanx for another Awesome video Sir
Sadly that is true. That's why I like voip as you can just create numbers as needed.
@LironSegev Hi again. If you have a minute to help clarify for me... Please? Can a person just get or use this voip u mention and therefore NOT be incurring yet more monthly fees? I am trying to understand and then apply the best options to follow ur lead. Thx again excellent video.
@@j.h.d.2153 I have a Google Voice number (VOIP) and it rings on my phone and I can also text with it. Voicemails left also show up in my connected gmail account. The number has to be associated with a Gmail account though. I’ve had this number since 2008 I think. You can get it for free if you don’t “port” your number. I wasn’t clear on what that would do to my real cell number so I didn’t port it or look into that.
I have 3 wireless numbers. I use one for family and friends, the other is for businesses and the third I don't use at all, however the problem is with some of the companies out there your not allowed to give them a VoIP and your forced to give them your real number which it should be our right to have a VoIP number especially with all of the selling of our personal information.
Unfortunately, this procedure won't stop some robocalls. Most robocallers now don't use a database of specific numbers, but just dial every possible number in a block or area code. This way, they don't overlook any that are private or not in a database. So even if your phone number was NEVER used, it will be called by spammers.
And they seem to either have an endless supply of phone numbers to call from,or more likely they spoof the caller ID info to make it almost impossible to block them. Block 1 number? They just call from another one.
Funny how I get calls with my area code, but I haven't lived in that area for the last ten years. DMVs sell your information. My doctor uses a reminder service that sells my number. My pharmacy's computers get breached, and I end up with the worse spam calls. The list goes on and on.
Same here. I haven’t lived in my home state for ten years so if I get a call with any of those area codes I just let it go or I reject it if it’s not in my contact list.
I NEVER GIVE MY CELL # TO ANYONE
I have a second number from Google Voice, which is free. I can make, or take, calls from my Android phone using either my cell phone number or my Google Voice number. Google Voice also has a call screening feature. It forces everyone to identify themselves when calling my Google Voice number and then gives me the option to accept the call or send to voice mail.
Sounds perfect
Another informative video. I hadn't considered this, but it does make sense. Thanks, Liron! Make it a great day, all!
Unless the robo-call is directly targeted to YOU, by NAME, it's not because your number was sold. Have you people not figured out that there are only so many possible phone numbers? It's just a sequence of 10 digits in North America. It's child's play to get a computer to just dial every number and see who answers.
In Australia we have a “Do Not Call” register to stop most unwanted calls.
We have that in the US also,but I'm sure a lot of spam callers are in other countries where they don't have to adhere to any do not call lists.
Yes we have it here in US but yet they still get thru.
Unfortunately it doesn't stop polit8cal or charities & it also doesn't stop all those scammers now using l9cal numbers
In the US I registered for the Do Not Call but stopped because I got more Robo calls once I registered 😅....
Yes the USA has it. It's useless. What truly amazes me is I called my Carrier, one of the big 3. I asked why they don't prevent these calls. I was told they can't. I have trouble believing multibillion dollar tech companies can't prevent spam. No they leave it to the end user to protect themselves, while they gladly leave us as victims of preventable incursions. It creates another whole industry the end user has to pay for, virus protection costing hundreds of millions. If Norton can stop it why can't A _& _, T _ _ _ _ _ _ _, C_ _ _ _ _ t, and the rest?
Before long when you are born you are going to be assigned a social security and a phone number.
Very interesting information, thank you. I googled my cell number and didn't have a single hit! Good for me! Thanks again for your videos.
Great information, as usual Liron
Thanks for the message
I love having these options available however it still requires me to change my number to all my family & friends which is what I think prevents most of us from changing our numbers in the first place. I wish there was a way to wipe our information from all those public places and then get Mint Mobile & Google Voice over IP to use for those take-out order updates, things I’ve ordered online, etc.
That's why I said port your number and keep it active. Then only use your new number to call/ text family and get them to update their contact info. It's a pain but worth it. When you really think about it, it's a small number of people that really need that number.
Think of changing your number like this - everybody keeps your number stored on their phones and just push a button to call you - they don’t have to memorize it. Only a few very close people will have it memorized and they also still have to press that one button to call you anyway . It’s really not a hardship for anyone. Change it!!💕
Liron, 👌 great video content as usual 👍
Thank you for using your powers for good and not evil.
I thinkk correct strategy to oppose this is that make yourself not interesting for any of them, and act and do based on that+ Protaction by desire. Cool Video!
This is one of the best information videos that I've ever seen. Thank you sooo very much. You deserve a hero's trophy for your efforts helping the general public stay safe.
Telcos also illegally sell numbers and the reason I have come to that conclusion it that a data sim with a number that was never and could never be given out to anyone, started getting junk calls when I took it out of the wifi dongle it usually sits in and put it in to a phone.
its also very likely that the person who had that number before you, gave it out to everyone who asked. thats what happened to my current phone number, and even now, 2 years later, I still get daily calls and texts from scammers; addressed to her, not me.
And don't forget all those big data leaks from various Cell phone providers that exposed millions of numbers...
Thanks Liron! Great video
My pleasure!
your brand new number you got was probably used before. by someone that died, lost the phone/sim and just got a new number and/or number was just unused for a prolonged period of time. theres a finite number of phone numbers unless you increase a amount of numbers, so they are reused. i have seen al least two from my phonebook reused that was attached to deceased person.
They all get my old childhood phone number. It goes to a landline that is never answered. lol
Thanks Liron great advice. I've been using my cell phone number only with a few need to know - friends, family, employer, bank, brokerage, etc. For everyone else, marketing sites, I use a google voice number or toll free VM box number (I have a couple). Can you use an eSIM on any phone or must there be dual SIM slots?
I got a new number. Now, when asked for my mobile number, I give them my old, defunct one. Works every time.
Info from various sources can be "Triangulated" to allow bad actors to know enough to pose as you to take out credit under your name. The worst is, them using your home as collateral to borrow big. The new SIM should be used for financials and taxes only. Robo call and spam are manageable on the old phone.
The city bmv/dmv also sell your information.
Thank you Liron
Most people; I don't care, I have nothing to hide! 🤣🤣
I'm glad I have always followed this rule of never giving my number I just say I don't have one if asked. As for email I just have a 'junk email' for spam. I keep a very low profile on the internet and pay cash for everything.
Great video...thanks
I've had my number for 15 years and I googled it, Nothing came up and I've given it away like your examples.
I prefer just using google voice as secondary. Point to that and then forward to main.
The gist of the story is get two numbers .
Back in the day, I paid verizon for an unlisted home phone number. Yes, a POTS number. One day I get a call and I ask the caller how they got my number. Random generator. FWIW, the caller was from Arbitron the radio audience measuring folks. So, I suspect that a lot of the calls coming to my cell or voip number (yes, I have one of those too), randomly generated my numbers.
There use to be (and I'm sure still are) things they used to call "demon dialers". They tell their software to dial all the numbers consecutively in a range, and it just dials through all of them.
Good Video...informative.
Thanks brother!!
Appreciate you being here 🔥
@LironSegev that would be cool if you could do a video on the little hatchment to your phones like the C ports and the USB C to C i bought three of them and I don't even know what to use them for 🤣
There are privacy browsers which block your apps from sending data etc... Duck duck go and the other is Brave.
You are a Rock Star. Lets Go!
Appreciate you 🔥
Sadly, my UK mobile number of 25 years is a regular victim of robo-diallers, simply because of having a lot of zeros, it’s near the beginning of any easily guessable list. I don’t need to have entered it anywhere for them to ‘guess’ it. 😐
Robo Callers just use a computer generated list of numbers. No need to get them from a store or place where you eat. Your number is just another number on a list of a sequence of number.
They continue to sell your info. We sometimes get usps mail from companies for someone who lived here over 20 yrs ago in their maiden name.
Like I would trust Google more 😀
I love this Google hate as if it's one company and yet "I don't trust Google but I use KZhead and Google search and chrome"... 🤔 🤦
@@LironSegev I don't use Google or Chrome at all and my experiences with KZhead's censorship and underhanded shadowbanning practices have been anything but pleasant lately.
it is 1 company
Thanks
US only unfortunately.
A another thing is where you get your number from has already been used by someone else before you
This should be opted out of; And illegal.
Even easier. Just use your landline number with a Call Guardian device active. Sorted. Also, my mobile is set up to send all calls not on my contacts list to voicemail.
I'm about ready to give up trying to live anonymously. The simple solution is for these businesses to respect our privacy. Despite giving up my phone number and email, I don't get much telemarketing by phone or email. With caller ID, I just don't answer unknown numbers. As for email, I have methods in place that rejects certain email and I don't respond to email by the links in the email or call the phone numbers in the email.
I switched to mint mobile. Bought a @200 samsung phone and I'm paying $15 a month instead of $55
What about using the phone apps, too? Example: TextNow.
I could really get lost in a sea of numbers then, and forget in the heat of the day which number(s) to keep private, which ones to use for this or that...
I got a new 'phone, contract and number. I did not give the new number to anyone. Within days I had 5 "your package is waiting" text messages. I had not used the 'phone at all.
I have a program on my phone and if it doesn’t identify the number, it goes straight to voicemail. It doesn’t even ring
This is why I never hand my mobile numbers to business; not even Amazon which has my landline number.
Love this video, but it looks like Mint Mobile and Google Voice are US only. What can those of us in the UK do? I do know of an app, My Sudo, that I use, that can generate VOIP numbers if you pay for a plan, but that can only give you up to ten numbers.
Do you have anything like TextNow but for UK? Not sure if they give out UK numbers.
Why do some supermarkets ask for your identity number, for rewards programs?
I have Google voice number and it is constantly being refused / not accepted when I give it for a confirmation number or message. No company likes that VOIP number
I’ve had my Google Voice number since 2008 and it was refused once. I think they just want a number they can ultimately sell and bug the heck out of us.
The shame is it costs the consumer extra to have that other phone number.
Can I use my Google Voice number for my important accounts like banking, Google account, Dropbox, etc? Do these Google Voice numbers have any limit?
I don't think 2 sim cards will help, imo that will just give you double the problems because then you would be receiving robocalls from BOTH numbers... I never gave out my phone number and was still receiving a ton of random calls daily (my guess is the previous owner gave it out everywhere) Anyways what I ended up doing was messing with my phone settings and I have it set up to where whenever I leave it on "do not disturb" 24/7 I only recieve calls from the 2-3 numbers in my contacts and everything else gets blocked for the most part but for the 1 call that does slip by every now and then I just block it so I don't have to worry about it in the future but honestly those are really really rare now I've only recieved 1 random call since June 9th
Wouldn’t the affiliates of your supplier strictly speaking be fourth parties? You are 1, your supplier 2, their affiliates 3, and their cohorts logically 4.
I always give my old discontinued #
Instant Classic
Eh...how do you get the verification sms? Or the reservation code? Or or or
As an IT guy I always read anything I give my # to.
Mintnobile isn't available in UK
QUESTION: at video mark 7:00, you say you keep your original number, but NEVER USE IT! Does this mean I continue to pay a monthly subscription fee for that original number, but never use it??? Doesn't sound right. OR....., di you say that I will TRANSFER my existing number to Mint Mobile (and get rid of my current provider, right?) , and THEN set up one or two or more VOIP numbers that cost nothing on a monthly basis? Do I have that right? OR.... are you suggesting something else? Video could be more clear about all this. Also, how does one determine if one's phone has eSIM capability?
You can do whatever you want. I keep my original number and transfer it to a voip provider. I used Google voice and paid once off $20. I use mint for my data to access all my Voip numbers. Literally said that if you watch a little bit more. You can find if you phone is eSim compatible on mints website or Google your phone specs and look for eSim.
@@LironSegev Thanks for responding. You're a wonderful resource. Thx.
Google searched my number and not a thing came up that related to it or me.
nice!
Craigslist?
Would be nice to know if there was a way to setup a phone at home, then fwd calls to your new phone remotely. Like an app that does that which doesn’t go through provider
You could just forward all calls from the first phone. I've done that when switching to a new phone with a new number.
No ones got my number according to Google, but it's been searched 4 times?
Right
Luv mint mobile ❤ had it for 2 yrs😊
Nice! 🔥 🔥 🔥
My way around this. I give everyone my free Google phone number. Basically nobody knows my cell phone number.
They waste their time ringing me. If they are lucky I answer, then they get a two word answer.... the second word is off. You can guess the first word.
cheers mate
Appreciate you being here 🔥
Once they have your number it's out there so you can spend all kind of money with all other kind of apps to protect yourself but it's too late
Not really. If you watched the video you can see how you can use the system to protect your privacy
Welcome to USA. In spanish it means "use".
Here another most dont think about how they get your nuber. I gave my number, in person, to a Doctors office for a simple DOT. It was a newish number 3months or so. And for two weeks, a day after the dr visit, at both numbers i provided I was getting blownup.
Why did you give the doctor office 2 numbers? They’re the worst offenders at protecting your information as you sadly found out. Sorry you went through that!
I’m calling about your car’s extended warranty
If the number is not in my contacts it doesn’t ring
I never order food online. I go in person and pay cash.
I have speedy online service. Timing is everything if you do it, right? Your food will be freshly waiting for you right when you get there. And you have the opt of paying through saved pymt.
I searched my mobile number, it said it didn't match any documents
Why not just use a free google voice number instead of paying to port your existing cell number or buying a Mint#?
What about a new number I insert in a new phone and before dialing and call I started to receiving ads and promotions
Could be that the number was a recycled number. It may have been active before and on these lists
A search says there are free phone number apps available? Why not suggest those as well? What's wrong with free? I understand the Mint Mobile sponsor part of this video but thats an America only option.
I don't trust free services. They need to make money somehow. Usually it's by selling your data. So thanks, but no thanks. Kinda defeats the purpose
The cell phone companies themselves sell our info
I use Google number and it's free, I work from home and when I step out of my desk I carry a pre-paid cell number that I don't give to anyone. When someone calls my Google number it rings on my cell.
You could just use a Google voice number. I have a cell and a Google voice number.
How do you know the phone number was brand new and has never been recycled?
It was a number I owned for 10 years which has never been used on a burner phone
There are email accounts I can no longer access because they are tied to an old phone number which I no longer have access to. For that reason alone I feel very strongly that tying your authentication to a number that could change over time is a bad move.
why would your number change? Your main cell number doesn't change unless you stop paying your account and get a new number.
I just use my Google number as a "give away" number to places who don't need my personal number. I can send it to voicemail and not even bother with it. But I can answer calls if I want to.
There is no such thing as a "brand new number" all numbers are recycled. Unless there is a new area code that was just created the number you getis recycled.
Is there any way to delete the info already "out there"? It was shocking to see the info anyone can get just with a phone # search, yikes!
unfortunately not.
Never heard of Mint mobile.
Mint mobile requires unlocked phone. I'm still paying for mine, so I guess I can't get that yet.
Just check as an unlocked phone.doesnt mean the same as paying for the phone through your provider. I have a phone from my provider that I pay monthly for but I can use any SIM card from anyone else.
When I google my google number it comes back to my name
Thank you for the info!