Is your private phone number on Facebook? Probably. And so are your friends

Posted by davewiner on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @09:23AM
from the guardian.co.uk dept.

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Re:Is your private phone number on Facebook? Probably. And s... by retube on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @09:45AM (#1763871)

This is unbelievable, I think the worst privacy transgression so far. My number's on there. I didn't publish it.

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Re:Is your private phone number on Facebook? Probably. And s... by fliph on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @10:43AM (#1764092)

> most users wrongly assume that Facebook Contact Sync only syncs user pictures.

Why would you think that an app called "Contact Sync" would only sync pictures, and not your contacts?

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