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_sideffect ,

Same happened to me when I signed up with a mobile carrier

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Yet another reason why credit unions are better.

subtext ,

Smart, I wouldn’t want anyone to know I lived in Michigan either

Sewer_King ,

Imagine not living in 616 though.

dragnucs ,

I you know it because you are most probably from there or US.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

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.

subtext ,

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

Empricorn ,

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 OP ,

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

TrickDacy ,

The question was why bother

I_Has_A_Hat ,

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?

KillingTimeItself ,

its more than likely “it can’t hurt, so might as well” more than anything.

If they really didnt want it, they wouldn’t have posted this at all, or like other suggested properly censored it, they simply tried here, deemed “most people won’t bother” and moved on from it.

A_Very_Big_Fan ,

Or just increase the size of the pen tool…

brbposting ,

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!”

skuzz ,

That’s Pure Michigan, friend.

Kuvwert ,

Which bank?

pivot_root ,

Op: Name and shame, please.

Thatoneguy OP ,

I would if it wasn’t my employers credit union which would give away too much information about me

catsarebadpeople ,

Says the guy who thinks someone could dox him if they knew he lived in Michigan years ago lol.

Today ,

My kids complain about Mom spam too.

cheese_greater ,

When, Today?

Today ,

Yesterday. They like to remind me that Mom on a keypad is 666.

Ahhh… Just noticed that was you calling your mom, not your mom calling you. Good job!

cheese_greater ,

That 666 bit is hysterical 😅

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