I received an advertisement from T-Mobile in the mail today where they must have gotten my data from some website that forced me to fill out personal information

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[–] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Surely the last 4 digits don't point to an exact house. I'm fairly certain my zip code has more than 9999 houses. It does seem like it would get you pretty close though.

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago

    Zip+four is only down the the block level, you need 2 more digits (zip+6) to uniquely identify every possible address in the US. That said, a 9 digit barcode is way too close to a full address for most people to be comfortable with sharing online.

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