Timeline for The phone of a new contact showed my name without having me as contact yet
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| Jan 11, 2022 at 10:18 | vote | accept | Ionică Bizău | ||
| Jan 9, 2022 at 14:05 | history | edited | JordanDavid | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2022 at 13:54 | comment | added | Tetsujin | This may be provider or territory limited. Caller ID in the UK is the phone number, no associated name. You can suppress the ID being sent, but many people won't answer unknown caller. | |
| Jan 9, 2022 at 13:03 | comment | added | JordanDavid | It is generally a feature implemented at the carrier level, as an "add on" or a feature, some carriers will charge extra for it, but in my experience its usually included in the basic plans. But the feature only lets you see names of people calling, it doesn't make yours visible. If you want your name to be private, you have to get a private number usually. | |
| Jan 9, 2022 at 12:57 | comment | added | Ionică Bizău | Can you please add more details? Is it a standard at carrier level or it is a feature from the phone operating systems? | |
| Jan 9, 2022 at 12:56 | history | answered | JordanDavid | CC BY-SA 4.0 |