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What a time it must've been, being able to publish your phone number online without fear. Now you give it to any website and it's sold straight away to advertisers. Making it public would be a nightmare.
Anti Commercial-AI license
Making it public is required by law at least in Germany, Impressumspflicht
I have my phone number on my personal website—never had any adverse consequences. In fact, the only two calls I've gotten have both been at my work number which isn't on there somehow. One to ask a genuine question and one to give me 30 bucks in appreciation.
You don’t even need to make public yourself. City governments do it automatically, mostly if you’re a home owner. Other companies do it because they keep getting hacked.
Try it.
Go to your favorite search engine and type in your phone number (format it to look like a phone number). If you haven’t already gone through and had yourself removed from these types of sites, you’ll be appalled at what you find.