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Crisis25 258 reads
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It's like the roach motel or receiving mail at an address. One your name checks into a database it doesn't check out.

B4Slim1905 reads

I called a friend who had lost his phone.  

His new replacement phone didn't have his previous contacts info.

When I called him, his caller ID showed "my handle TER".

This is really worrisome. So much so that I'm using an alias to post this.

Don't want a burner phone, by the way.

Any idea how to remove what is linking my cell number to my TER handle?

B4Slim

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Fancy8888350 reads

Posted By: B4Slim

I called a friend who had lost his phone.  
   
 His new replacement phone didn't have his previous contacts info.  
   
 When I called him, his caller ID showed "my handle TER".  
   
 This is really worrisome. So much so that I'm using an alias to post this.  
   
 Don't want a burner phone, by the way.  
   
 Any idea how to remove what is linking my cell number to my TER handle?  
   
 B4Slim
Related Link: http://twitter.com/888fancy

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coeur-de-lion206 reads

Being hacked by the Russians.  Call Hillary or the White House and ask what to do.

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Crisis25259 reads

It's like the roach motel or receiving mail at an address. One your name checks into a database it doesn't check out.

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justsauce16261 reads

You were using your actual phone number to hobby? Because yeah, that's a terrible idea.

 
Best thing to do in this case is to get a new number. Your phone carrier can likely facilitate this, just say that you're getting a ton of marketing calls after signing up for stuff online. Piece of cake.

 
Then, after that's done, get a burner phone, or at minimum a burner app on your phone.

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Jacque_Jenesais221 reads

It's the cloud. I still have people randomly show up in my phone from years ago and I even have a totally different number. lol!

-- Modified on 5/1/2017 5:17:27 PM

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Oldtimemonger266 reads

Posted By: TheNudeOpera
Re: It's his iCloud account, and in his contacts, he had you under  
It's the cloud. I still have people randomly show up in my phone from years ago and I even have a totally different number. lol!

-- Modified on 5/1/2017 5:17:27 PM

Sad to say it's true of any non-burner phone you use. Your phone is no different than your computer. You are tracked every step of the way.

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Fancy8888212 reads

Posted By: B4Slim

I called a friend who had lost his phone.  
   
 His new replacement phone didn't have his previous contacts info.  
   
 When I called him, his caller ID showed "my handle TER".  
   
 This is really worrisome. So much so that I'm using an alias to post this.  
   
 Don't want a burner phone, by the way.  
   
 Any idea how to remove what is linking my cell number to my TER handle?  
   
 B4Slim
Related Link: http://twitter.com/888fancy

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