Facebook charged with misleading EU on $22B WhatsApp merger

Re:Facebook charged with misleading EU on $22B WhatsApp merger by hobarrera on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @05:02AM (#13227971)

> I'm actually surprised that anybody would give their real phone number to Facebook, Whatsapp, or any of the other "social networks"

The only use for my phone number is registering for stuff like WhatsApp. Why would I want one if not for stuff like that?

(note: talking about the number itself, not a smartphone. I use a smartphone for lots of other stuff)

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Re:Facebook charged with misleading EU on $22B WhatsApp merger by pzh on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @07:14AM (#13228503)

But you can give Whatsapp a Google Voice number instead of your real phone number. That way if they decide to sell it as part of your profile, you can easily change/cycle it (or apply better filtering, DND, etc.)

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Re:Facebook charged with misleading EU on $22B WhatsApp merger by hobarrera on Thursday December 29, 2016 @06:33PM (#13281175)

AFAIK, Google Voice is only available in the US, and this trail is in the EU.

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