Facebook claimed phone number was only for 2FA. Now it's searchable

Re:Facebook claimed phone number was only for 2FA. Now it's ... by mthoms on Sunday March 03, 2019 @02:00PM (#19296114)

Some mobile apps have two account creation options: Facebook login or phone number.

I recently chose phone number (because screw FB) but then noticed that the SMS verification is performed by Facebook anyways.

What the hell are App developers thinking? If I choose not to use my FB login in your app it's because I don't want FB snooping on me.

But then you turn around and use Facebook to validate my phone number without proper consent?

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Re:Facebook claimed phone number was only for 2FA. Now it's ... by NowThenGoodBad on Sunday March 03, 2019 @02:19PM (#19296243)

I totally agree with you.

From a developer side: Google, Facebook, etc have well developed and much safer password and login authentication and the liability technically falls on them for any screw ups. Although I have a very secure hashing system for my online game login I still plan to make logging in with your Google and, maybe, Facebook account. It also adds convenience.

I’m imagining the dev found some tool to do sms verification that Facebook makes simple (or maybe that’s all they know how to use considering you didn’t mention any google login...).

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