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December 19, 2019 09:33 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_Og1cBFAGwI/facebook-wont-use-2fa-numbers-to-suggest-friends-anymore
Facebook Won't Use 2FA Numbers To Suggest Friends Anymore
Facebook won't use the phone numbers some users give it for two-factor authentication for its "people you may know" feature. From a report: The social network says the move is "part of a wide-ranging overhaul of its privacy practices." It previously used phone numbers to serve ads too but says it stopped doing that in June. Two-factor authentication is a great way to reduce the risk of accounts being compromised, so giving users reasons to avoid using it is vile, even by Facebook's admittedly low standards. When news broke last year that Facebook was misusing phone numbers in that way it was met with appropriate opprobrium from the media and privacy advocates.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_Og1cBFAGwI/facebook-wont-use-2fa-numbers-to-suggest-friends-anymore
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