• poVoq@slrpnk.net
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    9 months ago

    Phonebooks with home addresses? I don’t remember that existed. Which country is that?

    I mean, sure… names and area-codes made it relatively trivial to figure out the home address, but it wasn’t printed in them.

    Edit: ugh, I think I just misremembered. Getting old sucks.

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPM
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      9 months ago

      Oh yeah, it was normal in the US for a while.

      In fact, it’s used as a plot device in lots of old movies where detectives (or the Terminator) are trying to track someone down.

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      9 months ago

      Grew up in the seventies and eighties in the US. Phone books definitely had your home address. You had to pay extra to opt out.

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        9 months ago

        Same in the 00’s when i grew up. It was the easiest way to find your friend’s address if they had a unique last name.

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        9 months ago

        Hmm maybe I misremember. Has been probably 30 years since I last touched a phonebook.