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The last time you felt like you had an untraceable phone number, we’re going to bet the phone had a curly plastic cord and you shared it with the whole family. Even if…

March 1, 2022
For years, I freely gave out my mobile number — both personally and professionally. I didn’t see the harm in it, and since I was mostly self-employed, it became second nature to rattle it off so I could be reached for interviews. I included it on my business cards, and when I posted selfies at conferences, I didn’t bother to blur it out. What was the point? My number was everywhere, anyway.
I didn’t know about temporary phone number apps like Hushed. But when I started working with the company, I realized that every time I put my real phone number out into the world, I was sharing an important piece of my identity — for basically no reason at all.
During my first few weeks with Hushed, I learned about the reasons people opt for the privacy of a temporary phone number, like online dating or selling something. It made perfect sense.
Then I started digging into the reasons why it can be dangerous to broadcast your real phone number, and I was … alarmed.
Your phone number can reveal critical private information:
In the wrong hands, your phone number can be used maliciously:
I started to get worried. I’d had no idea it was so important to protect my real phone number, and I’ve had my current mobile number for about 11 years, so I decided to search it to see what (if anything) came up.
I couldn’t believe it. It was stupid to ever share unblurred pictures of my business card (no matter how many I handed out, or left on tables at conferences). And while the majority of the traffic was coming from a post about a conference, the photo of my baby was appearing in the Google results because it was a “Related post” shared at the bottom. Sure, I can try to delete those posts and remove the content, but the internet never forgets, does it?
And that’s just what appeared when I Googled my phone number. I can’t even begin to imagine all the places I have voluntarily provided this number.
Countless platforms, accounts, and businesses (both online and in person) have access to my mobile number. In the run of a week, how many texts do I get to confirm appointments, provide a one-time log-in link, or ask for two-factor authentication? (Many, many.)
I’ve learned that your phone number is precious, and shouldn’t be given away to just anyone.
Now I’ve got my very own Hushed number that I can give that out to the people and places I’ll only interact with temporarily (I’m looking at you, Kijiji ad). If I get inundated with annoying calls — long after my items sell — and decide I don’t want it anymore, I can ditch it and get a brand-new Hushed number in seconds.
Best of all, Googling my Hushed number isn’t going to provide a single detail about me or my family.
Lesson learned!
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