How do you feel about using your personal phone number?

[Pizzaholic33]

I know people who will not share their personal phone number for anything work-related, for a reference, anything at all really.
A colleague created a WhatsApp group for our department but one man refused to be on it, saying it was work and he didn't want his personal phone number being used.
I've known people refuse to be referees for jobs, housing, passports etc. because they don't want their phone number being given.
It's not something that bothers me at all really but everyone's different. Just wondered what people think?

The crime could be sharing data without consent, spamming someone, unfair expectation from employers. All are not necessarily 'legal crimes' but still antisocial and plain wrong!
The person who's data or personal belongings has been abused are the victims. I'd have thought that was obvious.

Yes, that's a possibility and obviously if it was a neighbour or someone I knew I would of course help. I live in a tight knit inner city community and we all help each other without question. I have already said I answer the door to people I know.

However, I am a female who lives alone and am in my mid sixties. In the 30 years I've lived at my address I have never once had a random person knock and ask for help and, to be perfectly honest, I would not want to take a chance to find out their motives.

A grandfather in his 60's answered his door just the other day to a random male stranger only to be violently punched in the face. The stranger than abducted the man's grandaughter. There have been many other occasions in the news where people have answered the door to strangers and been robbed or assaulted.

Sorry, but I would not take the chance with a completely random stranger. I think that's perfectly fair enough and I expect the police would agree.

I have spent my life helping people so please don't try to make me sound selfish for trying to self protect when I myself am vulnerable.

I also think anyone (especially a woman) living alone should be very cautious about answering the door to strangers.

We have a work what's app group and need an app to connect to VPN on our phones
Nobody has work mobiles