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		plasma on July 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook deceived users about the way it used phon... I remember Facebook asking for my mobile number for 2FA purposes, with an explicit note that would be the only purpose. I didn't trust them then; so didn't hand it over; but is this where they then re-used the mobile number anyway?

icebraining on July 24, 2019 [–]

Seems so: "the FTC will allege Facebook misled users about its handling of their phone numbers and its use of two-factor authentication"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-ftc/facebook-to-...

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