[PsYcNeT]

Well, for a moment I play DESS's advocate here.

Let me preface this by saying this is super creepy, and I do not endorse this behaviour at all.

HOWEVER

In today's electronic age we cannot expect privacy so simply any longer. People can find us, and anything about us with a mouse click and some creative Google-ing. To freak out that someone has your phone number is pretty, well, old-fashioned.

I think alot of people are getting worked up about this because they think a text-message is more personal than a phone call. It's not.

Part of the technology trade-off is having our lives, personalities, relationships, and personal information be much more open and accessable than it ever was. These are the truths of the future we have to accept as a society, because we made this bed, so we must lay in it.