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Little-known phone number rule could see you cut off or hacked; Consumer group Which? has issued a warning to mobile phone users about the dangers of certain numbers being recycled and re-issued to new customers
- Source :
- The Chronicle (Newscastle upon Tyne, England). October 13, 2024
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Byline: By, Neil Shaw Mobile phone users could be vulnerable to hacking, nuisance calls or even disconnection due to lesser-known regulations surrounding the recycling of old numbers, according to a [...]
- Subjects :
- Consumer groups -- Laws, regulations and rules
Cellular telephones -- Laws, regulations and rules
Wireless communication systems -- Services
Computer crimes -- Laws, regulations and rules
Computer hackers -- Laws, regulations and rules
Government regulation
Wireless voice/data service
Wireless telephone
Wireless voice/data device
Hacker
Computer crime
General interest
News, opinion and commentary
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- The Chronicle (Newscastle upon Tyne, England)
- Publication Type :
- News
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.812057982