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First Name: Fuck, Last Name: Off (lemmy.world)

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I received an advertisement from T-Mobile in the mail today where they must have gotten my data from some website that forced me to fill out personal information

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[-] Arrkk@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago

Zip+four is only down the the block level, you need 2 more digits (zip+6) to uniquely identify every possible address in the US. That said, a 9 digit barcode is way too close to a full address for most people to be comfortable with sharing online.

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