Re:Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
by txsh on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @03:55PM
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$0 if you own enough lobbyists and congressmen.
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Re:Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
by Slansitartop on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @03:59PM
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That kind of response is too cynical, and just discouragement from actually trying to fight the problem.
Re:Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
by twothamendment on Thursday February 15, 2018 @12:18AM
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Cynical? I'd call it realistic. If anyone wants to fight the problem, delete your account. That is the only value that you can take away from that company.
Re:Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
by Slansitartop on Thursday February 15, 2018 @11:03AM
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> Cynical? I'd call it realistic.
That's what all cynics say.
> If anyone wants to fight the problem, delete your account. That is the only value that you can take away from that company.
No, that's clearly false. You can use your account to spread an understanding that Facebook is bad (lots of stuff in the news to share, like this), or you could abandon your account but leave it up with a profile pic saying you don't use it anymore (sort of like a reverse take on broken-windows theory). Politics and lobbying representatives is slow, but does have results (all the lobbyists in the world can't counter steady constituent calls on a non-partisan issue). But you're a cynic, and probably gave up before giving much though about what could be done.