Haven't read the NYT article, so they may have covered this, but I am annoyed at how frequently my phone number is demanded (mainly because I can't remember it! whereas the housemate has several, and which one to give ... ). It occurs to me that there has finally been some clamping down on demanding Social Security numbers as identifiers, and so the phone number is being demanded instead.
... Now that I see the article on Sfgate, the writer is assuming we all freely give our phone numbers. I'm apparently way ahead on this. Walgreen's and the San Jose State library can especially get knotted.
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... Now that I see the article on Sfgate, the writer is assuming we all freely give our phone numbers. I'm apparently way ahead on this. Walgreen's and the San Jose State library can especially get knotted.