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		dublinben on May 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iMessage purgatory If you're using Google apps on your phone, they already know your mobile number. I'm not sure what you're concerned about.

prutschman on May 15, 2014 [–]

Google as an organization has my mobile number from a variety of sources, but that doesn't mean I want to associate my mobile number with my Hangouts usage in such a way that other people with my phone number can automatically contact me via Hangouts.

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