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Let's not forget the notable case of Twitter "accidentally" using your provided phone number for advertising purposes [0], and to this day still banning you after registration if you refuse to give it. [0]. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/twitter-uninentionally...
Facebook did this as well.
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Only ~32m of ~190m USA Facebook accounts were in this leak. The US is surprisingly poorly represented-- a good thing!
As a foreigner I would say this is a bad thing. Ultimately, it'll be the outcry (or lack thereof) in the US that will determine whether or not Facebook will start taking people's privacy more seriously.
I searched the database and haven’t been pawned but of course I know why, I never shared my phone number with FB and this confirms my idea that sharing anything with FB is a terrible idea, even the real name with correct spelling can cause issues. I urge everyone who wants to still hold a social media account to add an alternative spelling for their name. When info leaks or one gets unsolicited messages of any kind o…
Has Facebook made any public comments about this breach yet?
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And Facebook will promptly ignore that too: https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/
1. That article is about downloading, not deleting. 2. You don't negotiate with Facebook, you norify the regulators so they can asses another billion-euro fine.
Non-technical speculation, but based on my own experience as an ordinary Facebook user: I'm increasingly confident that this breach/leak has come about mostly through the privacy search setting (buried in Facebook's privacy settings - https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=privacy -) which allows "Everyone" to search for a number in order to find your profile if so enabled. This is a bit like an option that PayID/Osko…
Only ~32m of ~190m US FB accounts were in this breach, so it's not surprising if you live in that country and are not in the breach.