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Legend has it that each of these would hold a book with everyone's name and home address, for anyone who wanted it.
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Phonebooks with home addresses? I don't remember that existed. Which country is that?
I mean, sure... names and area-codes made it relatively trivial to figure out the home address, but it wasn't printed in them.
Edit: ugh, I think I just misremembered. Getting old sucks.
Oh yeah, it was normal in the US for a while.
In fact, it's used as a plot device in lots of old movies where detectives (or the Terminator) are trying to track someone down.
I was totally coming to mention how much of a security risk these were if you had to run from Terminators.
Assuming Terminators have internet access, they’ll find you way easier now.
Yeah if that movie was made in modern times, Sarah Connor's roommate would have tagged her in some thirst-trap pics on Instagram with geotagging trackers. She'd never stand a chance.
Grew up in the seventies and eighties in the US. Phone books definitely had your home address. You had to pay extra to opt out.
Same in the 00's when i grew up. It was the easiest way to find your friend's address if they had a unique last name.
Hmm maybe I misremember. Has been probably 30 years since I last touched a phonebook.
They did in Canada. Here's a weird example from winterpig