Your phone number was never meant to be an all-access pass to your life.
That 10-digit string has likely followed you around the world and across the internet for years. Over the course of that time, you’ve almost certainly handed it out — willingly or otherwise — to every person, restaurant, social media platform, or online store that’s asked. That’s a problem. For someone with the right motivation, that number is a thread which, once pulled, can unravel your entire digital life — crashing down your privacy, bank account, or even your very identity.
But it doesn’t have to be.
