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That is another big thing I forgot to mention - the art of social engineering. If someone gets a hold of your phone number, it can lead to an unexpected outcome. These types of attacks can be extremely harmful and dangerous at the same time, depending on the attacker with your info.

Absolutely.

I've built someone's profile from the ground up with only a phone number on hand and subsequent to that, I also obtained their family's personal details. Of course, there was no malicious Intent whatsoever- only performed to test the vulnerabilities of the Individual Involved.