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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by luckylion on Saturday April 03, 2021 @02:22PM (#26683371)
Others can still allow access to their phone book and the information stored in them about you will be transmitted and saved at Facebook, won't it? Is there a way to disable that?
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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by godelski on Saturday April 03, 2021 @03:34PM (#26684000)
Exactly this. I recently started a twitter for my academic career. Didn't share my contacts or anything (I only follow academic twitter too). I get tons of suggestions of people I know and several have followed me. The information is from their contact list because twitter knows my number and connected us. There's a clear benefit to this, but there's also privacy concerns too. The lack of control over this is what is concerning.
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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by rvz on Saturday April 03, 2021 @02:31PM (#26683451)
> Is there a way to disable that?

No.

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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by croes on Saturday April 03, 2021 @03:58PM (#26684216)
You need an account to ask FB to delete your data.
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