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She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

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Re: She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

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Post by gerland »

Chris2048 wrote: post #19
gerland wrote: post #4

I heard someone found shoes that Bill Gates once wore and a gum chewed by Steve Jobs. Both became relics and worshippers write articles about this in the internet. Seriously though - would someone think it was ok if I got a number after a local bakery owner and started sharing messages that were sent to me by mistake? Is this ok because EM is a more known person? I think it still falls under privacy standards.

One of the messages suggests he still gives out this number.

Very convenient for the author of the post, right?

Re: She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

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Post by Semaphor »

> Full disclosure: I reached out to Musk during one of those controversies, when he threatened to sue the California county that is home to Tesla's manufacturing plant over its coronavirus-related restrictions. Instead, I got Tucker.

It’s not explicitly said, but I’d bet that’s how this story came to be ;)

Re: She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

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Post by usrusr »

billme wrote: post #6

Weird that Elon did not just pay to keep the number and blackhole it.

But now he can always shrug off unwanted new contacts to his current number by pretending to be that woman who accidentally got Musk's old one. They ask Google and the story checks out, he will never hear from them again. Best possible outcome.

Re: She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

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Post by Step888 »

Chris2048 wrote: post #19
gerland wrote: post #4

I heard someone found shoes that Bill Gates once wore and a gum chewed by Steve Jobs. Both became relics and worshippers write articles about this in the internet. Seriously though - would someone think it was ok if I got a number after a local bakery owner and started sharing messages that were sent to me by mistake? Is this ok because EM is a more known person? I think it still falls under privacy standards.

One of the messages suggests he still gives out this number.

It could just be someone who googled his name, found his old number, and found out that Musk attended an event the week before that, and just pretended to have met him in person during that event.

Re: She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

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Post by sixQuarks »

I Find it so disingenuous when the journalist describes Elon musk like this one did. Here’s a guy who’s started multiple successful companies in the hardest industries, and he describes him as the guy who smoked pot and defied stay at home orders.

Re: She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

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Post by hyperman1 »

Chris2048 wrote: post #19
gerland wrote: post #4

I heard someone found shoes that Bill Gates once wore and a gum chewed by Steve Jobs. Both became relics and worshippers write articles about this in the internet. Seriously though - would someone think it was ok if I got a number after a local bakery owner and started sharing messages that were sent to me by mistake? Is this ok because EM is a more known person? I think it still falls under privacy standards.

One of the messages suggests he still gives out this number.

This can be nasty. A friend of me once got a ton of phone calls for a specific realtor. Turns out the realtor made a misprint on their business card.

The realtor didn't want to do the expense to print new business cards, so they were just going to give this card to everybody. Could he just forward everybody to them, and maybe fill in their customers on some basic information like opening hours and holidays etc.

This pissed him off enough to sell his phone number to a competing realtor.

Re: She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

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Post by LandR »

tnolet wrote: post #25

completely off topic: why do so many folks on HN refer to Elon Musk as "Elon"? Rarely are peopling talking about Bill or Steve; you always add the surname or use just the surname.

Possibly because there aren't many famous Elons?

Re: She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

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Post by blendergeek »

gerland wrote: post #4

I heard someone found shoes that Bill Gates once wore and a gum chewed by Steve Jobs. Both became relics and worshippers write articles about this in the internet. Seriously though - would someone think it was ok if I got a number after a local bakery owner and started sharing messages that were sent to me by mistake? Is this ok because EM is a more known person? I think it still falls under privacy standards.

As long as you don't share personal information, I don't see the issue. Most of these message chains are, 'hey Elon'. 'Sorry this isn't Elon'. I don't see anything in here that I would have a problem being shared if it the senders had intended it for local bakery owners. Though, in that case, nobody would read the article. 'Woman receives messages intended for local bakery owner' isn't quite as interesting.
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