Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
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Re: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
#2Unbelievable. When signing up for 2FA, FB never said what else it would be used for. From a legal standpoint, aren’t companies are supposed to say what the phone number will be used for when asking for phone number?
Somebody from FB - please tell us this is a bug.
Re: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
#3Unbelievable. When signing up for 2FA, FB never said what else it would be used for. From a legal standpoint, aren’t companies are supposed to say what the phone number will be used for when asking for phone number? Somebody from FB - please tell us this is a bug.
Judging by how the response has been to companies leaking and abusing our data, I don't know that it will make a difference if it's a bug or intentional.
Re: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
#4Finally, somewhere I can appropriately vent about this.
About TWO years ago I was constantly annoyed by the 'secure your account: add your phone number here' banner frequently displayed at the top of the page upon loading FB, so I input my number to make it disappear for good. (Also, they kept hiding the 'x' (close) icon in different spots, making the banner difficult to dismiss.)
A few days later I got a text message containing a Facebook notification. I was flabbergasted. What an EGREGIOUS misuse of personal information. Completely under the guise of account security... Facebook had in reality acquired another way to keep their brand under my nose.
Naturally I was livid so I spent the better portion of the day scrubbing whatever sensitive information I could. Sure enough, the banner came back a few days later. And here we are.
I realize that the proper solution is to terminate my account and never attempt to log back in.... but I've had my account since 2006 and despite the company's terrible practices, I'm really not interested in disconnecting for good at this time
Re: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
#5Unbelievable. When signing up for 2FA, FB never said what else it would be used for. From a legal standpoint, aren’t companies are supposed to say what the phone number will be used for when asking for phone number? Somebody from FB - please tell us this is a bug.
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Re: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
#6I found a similar thing with email notifications. If you regularly login to FB and look at your feed they will leave you alone. Delete the app from your phone or neglect logging in and you’ll start to get email notifications about the silliest things. Of course they don’t contain much more than “so and so shared a link” without any description of what was shared (trying to get you to login and look.) Not quite as bad as 2FA number, but irritating nonetheless.
Re: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
#7This happened to me too. The value of being on facebook is an illusion. In person relationships are vastly more rewarding, both emotionally and financially.
Re: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
#8Network effects work both ways. Can cause a meteoric rise, or a dramtic decline.
Re: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
#9Unbelievable. When signing up for 2FA, FB never said what else it would be used for. From a legal standpoint, aren’t companies are supposed to say what the phone number will be used for when asking for phone number? Somebody from FB - please tell us this is a bug.
Sounds like a good reason to send the spam text message filing report. How much is the fine per incident?
Re: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
#10If they're not processing STOP as an opt-out, they're in major violation of the CTIA's rules on short codes.