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		rileymat2 on Feb 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter says an attacker used its API to match use... The books were hard to get, but directory assistance did exist if you called the operator.

gwright on Feb 6, 2020 [–]

I'll bet there are quite a few people on HN that have never dialed 411 or 1-<area-code>-555-1212.

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