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Intelius Says They're Dropping Super Invasive Cellphone Directory...Kinda

Remember Intelius, the company that was making a giant directory of unlisted cellphone numbers that you could search (and pay money for)? They're changing the project after the huge negative response from consumers and the media. Hit the jump for their own reasons why they made the directory in the first place and why they're dropping the directory part and just focusing on the "Caller ID" service. This allows you to plug in a number and get information about that number. Not quite as privacy-invading as a gigantic browsable database, which is good. More »

6:45 PM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Jason Chen
3,574 views, 10 comments

Latest by N/A: The plot thickens. Intelius has filed for an IPO. However, a courageous blogger has revealed that this firm is more »

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Intelius Collecting Cellphone Numbers, Creating Directory

Not much detail here, but we wanted to give readers the heads-up that a Seattle-based company called Intelius is creating a gigantic directory of unlisted cellphone numbers (that means you!). What could they do with this info? Probably sell numbers off to whoever asks to buy them. [NBC4]

1:44 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Jason Chen
6,467 views, 34 comments

Latest by N/A: I had the unfortunate pleasure of working for a telemarketing company for awhile. I did not know who they more »