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Re: Tell HN: Meta is using my 2FA to call and sell me

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Post by sebastien_b » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 12:16 PM UTC

CoastalCoder wrote: post #26

cmatthias wrote: post #11

If you are in the USA, then what you received are unsolicited marketing phone calls under the TCPA, a law which allows you to personally collect up to $1500 per violation of the law or associated regulations, per phone call that you received. If your personal phone is on the federal "Do Not Call" registry, it's possible that there are at least two violations of the law per phone call you received. I would suggest sen…

> ... this is not legal advice How is it not?

It’s advice on how to proceed with a potential legal matter.

Re: Tell HN: Meta is using my 2FA to call and sell me

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Post by umeshunni » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 5:14 PM UTC

ridgered4 wrote: post #30

Facebook already used 2FA gathered numbers for ads in the past so I'm not sure why there is so much doubt in this story. https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/27/yes-facebook-is-using-your...

Because the article you linked has no sources?

Re: Tell HN: Meta is using my 2FA to call and sell me

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Post by BenjiWiebe » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 6:03 PM UTC

codyZ wrote: post #75

crazygringo wrote: post #48

Just to be clear... You're absolutely sure , 100%, this is Meta employees themselves calling you? And Meta sending you e-mails? Not spammers, of which there are many, and they get your contact info from all sorts of places? And which often lead you to believe they're Meta when they're really just scamming you or trying to sell ad placement consulting/optimization services? Because with "multiple" calls and emails...…

Indeed it is. I too thought that perhaps it was a scam. But the call was followed up by an email from business.fb.com and per their Help Center, it is indeed from Meta https://www.facebook.com/business/help/372703956148310

Note that the from address doesn't necessarily indicate where the email actually came from.

Re: Tell HN: Meta is using my 2FA to call and sell me

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Post by realAzazello » Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 8:53 PM UTC

runevault wrote: post #63

Dave_TRS wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google Voice is free and will forward SMS's to email, which can then be set up with rules to various other emails. Most banks accept google voice numbers Twilio numbers are a dollar a month and will also forward to email or you can log into the twilio web interface to pick up sms codes if needed. Rejected by more places the demand 2FA

Some services don't allow GVoice 2fa. I tried it for instagram because I refuse to give Facebook my real number and they rejected it.

Agreed. Definitely some USA banks do not (with one of my accounts, neither the SMS nor the automated call would come through the GV number), and although a few years since last I tried, craigslist would not accept GV for account verification.