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		klipt on Aug 8, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Burner, for temporary phone numbers If phone numbers are as easy to create as email addresses, won't they be used for spam - and become useless for "are you human?" authentication?

Estragon on Aug 9, 2012 [–]

They're already used for spam. For a while there I was getting two spam calls a day inviting me to lower my credit card bill or something.

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