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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 freetime2 »

gerland wrote: post #13
ricardobeat wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The messages were sent to her number. I don't think there is any privacy violation if you drop mail addressed to 'person residing at this address' at the wrong house.

I agree that there is no privacy law violation, but it is a bit distasteful. We have some implicit standards in the society and it seems those are conveniently ignored at this point. There is some excuse given in the article in the form of "he probably gives out this number to people he does not wish to talk to", which I find a bit suspicious. When I got letters to previous tenants at my current address I did not ope…

I agree with you that it’s a bit distasteful. But on the other hand there was nothing revealed in the article that was terribly shocking. If that same article were about me instead of Elon Musk, I don’t think I would find it upsetting.

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

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Post by jamisteven »

Can imagine Elon reading this and thinking, why tf would you even report on such nonsense? I mean really, why is this a story? And these pictures of the woman receiving the texts, they position her like she is a victim somehow, I mean look at these facial expressions LMAO.

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

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Post by goldenkey »

sixQuarks wrote: post #27

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.

His recent behavior and original status as a member of the PayPal mafia does make you question how much is his doing versus his connections and placement in spacetime. I do think he is rather intelligent as evident from the Joe Rogan podcast, that is -- long form conversation on topics. But he has shown an affinity for stupidity as well. He's an interesting man but remember that Tesla and the other companies he has been part of have been partnerships and have stellar engineers at the helm. Musk is a Muskateer, not a solo bolo.

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

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Post by michaelcampbell »

hyperman1 wrote: post #28
Chris2048 wrote: post #19

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…

I read/heard a similar story of a hotel getting a number that was a digit off from some old woman who'd had it for years. After they refused to change it, she started taking reservations, and booking wedding parties and the like, if the person on the other end didn't believe her when she said they got a wrong number.

The hotel did eventually capitulate.

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

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Post by MivLives »

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.

Looking through this comments section I see a lot more Musk, then I do Elon.

That said Elon is not a common name in the US. When you say Steve do you mean Steve Harvey, Steve Carell, Steve Wozniak or Steve Ballmer?

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

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Post by ggrelet »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #17

However she got the number, she's got no intention of getting rid of it. Note that she has already provided it to many talent contacts. Plus, it's probably something that she's actually treasuring, at this point. I'll bet that she's quite warm and friendly to anyone that calls, no matter how bizarre. She's trying to break into a very competitive field, and every edge counts. This is a big one. If she has the talent t…

Yet she never called John "Toy Story" Lasseter back? How come?

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

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Post by TechBro8615 »

ricardobeat wrote: post #9
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.

The messages were sent to her number. I don't think there is any privacy violation if you drop mail addressed to 'person residing at this address' at the wrong house.

In the UK it's illegal to open someone else's mail even if it was delivered to you.

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

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Post by Ambroos »

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.

It's one of the 'advantages' of having a relatively uncommon first name. Everyone knows who Elon, Adele, Beyonce and Barack are. I have an unusual first name and tend to go by just my first name, which works fine too. Sometimes a first name is just all you need.
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