Dave LeeFeb 16, 2023
Having fun on Twitter unpicking a curious thing that happened to me this morning. Someone reached me on Signal thinking I was ChatGPT. Turned out it had given them my number.
Show threadDave LeeFeb 16, 2023

Now I've not been able to recreate this answer, and I've only had one message. But it is weird. Running theories:

- It scraped my Signal from wherever I've posted it in the past... website, stories, Twitter etc

- It's generated a random number based on other Signal numbers and it's just coincidentally come out as mine

- I am, in fact, ChatGPT.

Show threadDavid FriedmanFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT I can recreate it, but with other people's numbers.
Show threadVinLewFeb 17, 2023
@ironicsans @daveleeFT I also got the second phone number that you got, and asked how long it's been using it
Show threadWladimir Palant

@vincent @ironicsans @daveleeFT Fun. The number +1 (415) 523-8886 belongs to the Twilio API, and there are in fact several WhatsApp bots using it. So it isn’t just inventing numbers, it’s rather remixing instructions it found somewhere.

The other numbers listed here cannot be found online. Given how it operates however, it probably mixed different phone numbers together. E.g. 692 4744 is a phone number belonging to Housing Assistance, but the area code is different.

Feb 17, 2023 at 9:44pmWeb