How JUST SCREAM! Handles Your Privacy and Phone Number

JUST SCREAM! (justscream.baby) can see your phone number when you call, but the site states it will never share that number with anyone. The trade-off is that the recordings themselves are not private: any sounds you submit are uploaded to the site for anyone to hear. If you want a link to your own recordings, you can email your phone number to the site and they will send it back to you.

What the site sees when you call

According to the site's own FAQ, the operators can see your phone number when you call in. That is standard for any phone call — caller ID data reaches the receiving line. The site's stated commitment is narrow and specific: it will not share your number with anyone. For the full wording, the site points to its Privacy Policy.

What happens to your recording

This is the part worth reading carefully before you dial:

• When you call, the site records you making sounds — "hopefully screaming," in its words.
• Recordings submitted by users are uploaded to the site so anyone can listen.
• The site describes itself as an archive of recordings received from hundreds of thousands of callers.

So the privacy boundary is: your phone number stays private, but your voice recording does not. If you would not want a stranger to hear the audio, do not leave it on the line.

Getting a link to your own screams

If you want to find your own recordings, the site offers a manual lookup:

1. Email [email protected].
2. Include your phone number in the message.
3. You will receive a link to your own screams in return.

This means you are voluntarily handing over the same phone number the site already sees when you call, in exchange for access to your recordings.

Current status: you cannot call right now

The original Just Scream project closed on January 21, 2021. The site says new ways to scream are coming soon, but as of the site's current content, calling in is not an active option. Between October 2020 and January 2021, callers from around the world left over 150,000 recordings — you can still listen to that archive.

Practical privacy checklist

If your main concern is your phone number, the site's stated policy addresses it. If your concern is the audio itself, treat every call as a public submission.