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Why is everybody taking at face value the claim that "we met up and Elon gave me this number"? It's the first trick in the book to get your foot in the door, pretend you already have your foot in the door.
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.
Note, Tucker also had some run-ins with the SEC. [3]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Tucker#Tucker_Corporat...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Tucker#/media/File:194...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Tucker#Turmoil_surroun...
tldr: His number was leaked, he got rid of it, the person who just got the number is dealing with bunch of random people who think they found elon's # online.
AT&T should just retire the number at that point right
Indeed I wonder if the current owner is doing this piece with the idea she might auction it
https://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/03/ebay.jennys...
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.
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.
So the IRS start going on about complex tax things before confirming who they are talking to?
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.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
Update: I remember now, the phone company gave them the wrong number to begin with. Just a bizarre story all around, and quite cruel to the original business.
