[KPGv2]

> whose publication or inappropriate possession is claimed to be illegal in the United States.

That's not the same thing as a number being illegal at all. Here, watch this:

> I claim breathing is illegal in the United States

There, now breathing is claimed to be illegal in the United States.

[I-M-S]

In both cases, legality depends entirely on repercussions, i.e. if there's someone to enforce the ban. I suspect that in the "illegal numbers" case there might be.

[vluft]

man that's very concerning for wikipedia who is publishing it right there on the page linked above.

[dylan604]

Only concerning if they are a US based company hosting their data in US data centers. oops