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Re:Have I Been Facebooked? by wodenokoto on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:20AM (#26709407)
I feel like I was doing the same mental gymnastics when I gave fb my phone number in order to log into messenger on my phone, and look where it got us.
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Re:Have I Been Facebooked? by a10c on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:25AM (#26709435)
what mental gymnastics? Giving your phone number to facebook associates it with your account, who you know, your browsing habits etc. This does nothing of the sort.
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Re:Have I Been Facebooked? by Mordisquitos on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:33AM (#26709490)
How did Facebook know that it was a valid phone number, how did they associate it with your identity, and how did they know that number was really yours?
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Re:Have I Been Facebooked? by wodenokoto on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:19AM (#26710509)
It’s probably been a decade since I gave them my phone number, so I don’t remember the details. I believe they required it for the messenger app and did a 1 time SMS code for first time log in to messenger.
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