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AU: Probe into net phone directory for stalkers

Posted on December 22, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Asher Moses reports:

A website that allows stalkers to look up the names and addresses attached to landline and mobile numbers is being investigated by the nation’s privacy and communications watchdogs.

The reverse phone directory lookup service, ReverseAustralia.com, was created by an Australian systems architect living in San Francisco who would only reveal his first name, James.

Read more in The Age.

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