Facebook privacy fuckup reveals who has your number in their phone
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#2How do the guy know Facebook used specifically the phone number he gave them ?
It's pretty much possible. And Facebook is Evil. But I don't understand how he did to be certain of that ?
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#3Has anyone tried creating a new account with a phone number they already have on their main FB account to see if this works always?
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#4Is it so bad? You can still choose to not have your number on Facebook? Or am I missing something.
Re: Facebook privacy fuckup reveals who has your number in their phone
#5How do the guy know Facebook used specifically the phone number he gave them ? It's pretty much possible. And Facebook is Evil. But I don't understand how he did to be certain of that ?
They had no other information - there is no doubt. I 100% guarantee that's how it was done.
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#6Is it so bad? You can still choose to not have your number on Facebook? Or am I missing something.
The problem is the lie. They asked the number for security reasons. I'm fine with that, i can give it to them for security reasons. BUT only for security reasons. Not for any other reason. So if they ask it for one reason and use it for another. That's bad.
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#7Not so much of a "fuckup" as it is a "feature".
Not to say that I agree with this practice (I don't), but someone deliberately implemented this, and there's a good business case for it.
The privacy implications are unfortunate, but what else are we to expect from Facebook these days?
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#8Has anyone tried creating a new account with a phone number they already have on their main FB account to see if this works always?
I actually thought this same number was on my active FB profile - I'm pretty sure I had to provide it to confirm my developer status.
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#9Is it so bad? You can still choose to not have your number on Facebook? Or am I missing something.
The problem is the lie. They asked the number for security reasons. I'm fine with that, i can give it to them for security reasons. BUT only for security reasons. Not for any other reason. So if they ask it for one reason and use it for another. That's bad.
And not just that - I can hide my own mobile number, that's fine. But the issue is with this cold-start page effectively showing a list of people who have my number.
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#10Not so much of a "fuckup" as it is a "feature". Not to say that I agree with this practice (I don't), but someone deliberately implemented this, and there's a good business case for it. The privacy implications are unfortunate, but what else are we to expect from Facebook these days?
Hum. Respect the law ?
I don't know in the US. But here in Europe that's pretty much against the law in most countries.