Area code blocked for privacy but it is spoofed from my phones number which I have not lived there in many years

      • samus12345@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        No, it’s because of how poorly obscured it is in the 5th one from the top in particular - there’s no other numbers it could be.

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          5 months ago

          Exactly, I was surprised that 989 was even a valid area code tbh, just doesn’t look right

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      5 months ago

      I really don’t understand lazy censoring. You can either not use the thin pen tool or just spend a few more seconds making sure it’s unreadable. What’s the point of doing it at all if people can still decipher what you’re obscuring?

      • Thatoneguy@sh.itjust.worksOP
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        5 months ago

        Honestly I didn’t try that hard. I don’t live there anymore nor do I know anyone or anything that is still there so who cares if people know I guess

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          5 months ago

          I agree with the other reply and would honestly love an answer, if only to get a peek under the hood of people who do this.

          If you didn’t try that hard because you didn’t care, again, why did you even bother? It’s like trying to scoop water with a colander, on some level you have to know it’s wasted effort, right?

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      5 months ago

      In general I think best practice is to call out “hey, I can see your area code in case you want to edit your post to more fully redact it” then any jokes about “since I wouldn’t want anyone to know I lived in [REDACTED] either!”