The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
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Re: The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
#2I just logged in to Facebook for the first time in years to check the data it has on me. Luckily I never added my phone number or address, so should hopefully be in the clear.
Re: The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
#3> "One last note on the data load process: At the time of publishing this blog post, all phone numbers beginning with international codes 4, 6, 8 and 9 have completed loading. The other codes are in progress and may take several hours more before they're searchable."
Re: The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
#4I'm completely unsurprised that my phone number is in there despite the fact that I deleted and closed my account 10 years ago.
Re: The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
#5One thing I didn't find on the website was a way to get an email with the actual data that was leaked so I can evaluate what's at stake. Showing it online would be poor privacy but sending it to the email should solve that.
Some of the leaks are from companies I don't even know, that work behind the scenes aggregating information. Particularly for those I'd like to see what was leaked. For the services I actually used directly I have a clearer idea.
Re: The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
#6I just logged in to Facebook for the first time in years to check the data it has on me. Luckily I never added my phone number or address, so should hopefully be in the clear.
Did you ever set up SMS 2fa? Did any of your contacts use the Facebook app to sync their contacts (at least at one point a default behaviour)? Then Facebook has your number. I remember when I still used it being promoted by a bar at the top of the web UI "Is this your number?" With my actual number suggesting I add it to my profile, so I know they have mine.
Re: The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
#7I just logged in to Facebook for the first time in years to check the data it has on me. Luckily I never added my phone number or address, so should hopefully be in the clear.
Try creating a new facebook account today. The site won't let you do that without verifying a phone number. The difficulty level increases if you try doing so behind a vpn.
Same goes for other SM sites like Twitter.
Re: The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
#8I'm completely unsurprised that my phone number is in there despite the fact that I deleted and closed my account 10 years ago.
I got a bunch of spam phone calls today.
Re: The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
#9I just logged in to Facebook for the first time in years to check the data it has on me. Luckily I never added my phone number or address, so should hopefully be in the clear.
Did you ever set up SMS 2fa? Did any of your contacts use the Facebook app to sync their contacts (at least at one point a default behaviour)? Then Facebook has your number. I remember when I still used it being promoted by a bar at the top of the web UI "Is this your number?" With my actual number suggesting I add it to my profile, so I know they have mine.
I have had the exact same experience. Interestingly, it took them a few tries to get to my actual number and they still carried on throwing other random phone numbers I did not recognize.
Re: The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I Been Pwned
#10I just logged in to Facebook for the first time in years to check the data it has on me. Luckily I never added my phone number or address, so should hopefully be in the clear.
Did you ever set up SMS 2fa? Did any of your contacts use the Facebook app to sync their contacts (at least at one point a default behaviour)? Then Facebook has your number. I remember when I still used it being promoted by a bar at the top of the web UI "Is this your number?" With my actual number suggesting I add it to my profile, so I know they have mine.
Despite using 2FA and listing my number on my profile - albeit restricted to "just me", I don't appear in the data. It's not as simple as they just having a record of it somewhere.