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A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account
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this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
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I think it has been like that for a while. ~~It's not paywalled, but rather account-walled~~ (edit: I was wrong)
There may also be different versions of the article, since I don't always come across the wall
It seems about half of their articles are behind a subscription wall, and the other half are behind a paywall. It might be annoying, but I understand that journalistic outlets at least need to make money
this one is a paywall for money