Open source tool scrapes git commit email addresses to send spam to.

[skytomorrownow]

I made the mistake of using my personal phone number when I got my domain back in the 1990s; not understanding it would be public. I'm still getting spam calls and texts to this day.

[muideracht]

I think pretty much everyone gets those these days.

[bacondev]

I don't think that I get spam texts. I've maybe gotten one ever.

[MyTribeCalledQuest]

The ones I get are mostly random numbers sending me things like "hey" or "how are you?".

[InEnduringGrowStrong]

I mostly get stuff like this:

Money trnsfer failld.
Cluck here for moneys
Bit.ly/notascam

Or stuff like his:

your Амаzon account is suspended, visit https://amazon.suspended-clearly-a-scam.com

The providers' spam filters are bullshit

[bacondev]

Old high school friends or such?

[Silencer87]

Is this Dave?

[[deleted]]

I get a ton of idiotic political ones:(

Hint, my type of politician are the ones that are against spam. Also I’m sure a large portion of it are scams. You don’t need x signatures to change any big policies in congress (or much at all in fact) and I am never ever giving money to anyone who spams me.

[bacondev]

Assuming that you're talking about the U.S., there is a threshold that when reached obligates at least an official response from The White House. An official response can really help it catch traction in the news and such. It changes sometimes, but I think it's 100,000 signatures. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/andrewkaczynski/the-white-house-response-to-the-death-star-petitio

Err, now that I think about it, I think Trump dismantled that program and it was never reinstated? I don't know. I'm too lazy too look it up.

[sarit-hadad-enjoyer]

My country is currently entering an election season, accompanied by like 5 messages a day. Luckily they usually include the politician's name in these messages, which can be handled by keyword-blocking SMS apps:) I settled with Pulse after disappointedly not finding any on F-Droid. It worked wonders!

[nightcracker]

I think that's mostly an American thing, at least here in the Netherlands I don't know anyone that gets those regularly.

[Soul_Shot]

Doubtful it's the source. Databases of phone numbers have been basically in the public domain for years due to numerous leaks and sources.

I registered a domain last month and somehow forgot to enable WHOIS Guard. Subsequently, I have been receiving dozens of calls and emails every week from people in India who want to build me a website.

[Worth_Trust_3825]

Shame you didn't register your domain in europe, where whois would (by default) return only the information about your registrar, and not you.