Re:Web Scrapers Claim to Sell Personal Data on Facebook User...
by ChainOfFools on Monday October 04, 2021 @02:48PM
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also, older FB accounts (and maybe even some recently created ones?) could easily use handles instead of real names or even real initials. this leak can therefore establish or confirm a mapping between someone's online and offline identities, which wasn't a risk associated with phone book listings.
You were able to opt out of phone books and they also didn't contain email and gender.