Well as most of us are aware about this mobile app Truecaller which identifies the caller information and display us when the caller calls us right?
If yes Then we have incomplete knowledge about it.
Truecaller is a Swedish company founded in 2009 by Nami Zarringhalam and Alan Mamedi. it has more than 320 million users around the world. The founders might have thought that it will be the helpful mobile feature to identify the caller globally.
But things are not as safe as it seems to be.
I have done lot of experiment and research before sharing this review and what made me to do that?
Answer is I am a 24X7 internet person always available online due to my work so few days ago while surfing on internet late night I saw an advertisement on social media about contact datas someone was sharing it online. So I contacted that person through message on social media by saying that I have a call centre and I need phone number data they agreed to sell me.
So I went in depth of conversation to confirm whether he/she is not lying and finally took a risk to purchase the data.
they shared me a payment link I went through it and made a payment and after sharing the payment receipt I got the data which was very shocking.
I found there were many college students / credit card holder / online shopping customers / truecaller and other contact details along with their Name, Location & Mobile numbers
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The total data is of 10 Lakhs plus contact numbers.
Not only this after that I started my research in more depth it took me 6 days to find all the answers of my question specially how this datas are theft and why they are sold. That I am not going to mention in this review but in short this is not as safe as we think.
Some features and details about this app for those who don't know:
1.Caller iD: Yes
(But not 100% Accurate(People those who use this app and fill details in their profile that is displayed to other)
For example My Name is Mr.X and if I am using truecaller app and creating my profile for the first time then I can fill my Name as Mr.Z and that will be shown to others when I call.
Call Recording: Only Support few mobile devices
Call & Sms Block: Yes
Can it be used on other device if the sim is in different Device: Yes(But you will be asked for OTP Once)
Security Level: 50%
Data Privacy: Company has mentioned that they don't sell your data but if you read my review you might have understood.
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