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Elliot Alderson
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1/ Thread: Today @privacyint published this story about the danger of @Truecaller. I have a nice addition to it 😏

Due to an open API the #TrueCaller database is accessible to everyone

privacyinternational.org/case-study/299…
2/ By sending the following request you can get the info that #TrueCaller has on the number of your choice:

curl -X GET 'search5.truecaller.com/v2/search?q=[Y…' -H 'Host: search5.truecaller.com'
3/ This is not something new. 2 years ago, someone published the repo "trunofficial" on @Github. This repo is not working anymore because it uses outdated values for myNumber and registerId parameters github.com/ritiek/trunoff…
4/ 2 weeks ago, @iAmAnikHasibul published this gist. He found the new value of myNumber and registerId parameters in the @PathaoBD app which is the equivalent of Uber in Bangladesh gist.github.com/AnikHasibul/06…
5/ Officially, the @Trucaller API is closed but apparently not for everyone... If you have enough money you can probably buy an access to their database 😡
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