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Company Yanks Online Cell Directory

90 million numbers taken offline after consumers freaked out

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 2, 2008 5:47 AM CST

(Newser) – Data company Intelius scoured business records and other sources and managed to compile around half the cellphone numbers in America, MSNBC reports. When it put those 90 million numbers online, available to anybody paying a $15 fee, people were outraged. Consumers were shocked to find...   Read full story »

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