Posted on 03/05/2019 6:50:06 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
The problem is that Facebook is apparently using those phone numbers for the purpose we intended (account security), but also, well, for other things.
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I’m shocked.
Insert clip of Animal House “You effed up. You trusted us!” scene.
Could my birthday be at risk too?
The only way they can sell your soul is if you give it to them
Delete your account, best thing I ever did.
Or keep your account with phony nme and give them someone else’s phone number.
I ain’t sure who is responsible but somebody has turned the phone into an almost useless invention. Does ANYBODY still just answer the phone?
Why would anyone give their phone number to Facebook in the first place?
Shocker! lol
I never bought into the concept that giving them my phone number would “secure” my account....at least that it was the real reason for asking.
Well...what was it that FascistBook founder said about its customers?? Hmmm...something about ‘Dumb M-F’ers’?
Never had FB anything.
Still occasionally, the smell of burning sulfur and a bit of chill... When clicking on some sites?
Big Data is just the electronic version of human trafficking.
Selling the righteous for money and the poor for a pair of shoes..
“Does ANYBODY still just answer the phone?”
Never signed up or used FB.
Receive near zero SPAM calls, and I believe they are linked to the previous holder of the number.
My wife uses FB and receives spam calls/mail often.
Never thought it was a coincidence.
This article backs it up.
You sure do smell them, they are just about everywhere and once the script installs it rides along until you clear your cookies... If you don’t have NoScript get it, it will block it by default and tell you if they are trying to add their 3rd party script to the mix.
The honey pot concept.:) It is pretty sad when the only way to protect ourselves is to become dishonest, deceptive, and misrepresent ourselves.
I deleted mine on 1/1/19.
The only thing(s) I miss about it are a private HS alumni group I was in and a private Suzuki Savage bike group I was in.
I realized one day that my Facebook page had turned into a political blog and the only people who looked at it were conservatives that already agreed with me. Several said they would miss me because I kept them up on news they were missing. I told them to join Free Republic. :-)
Why would anyone give their phone number to Facebook in the first place?
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I think FB was pushing members to submit their phone numbers in order to utilize 2-factor authentication, where when the user signs in with their password to do something important, a code is sent to the phone number of record that the user must submit in order to verify the person entering the password is also the same person with access to the phone line.
Not a bit surprised that they got Zucked again.
FB has asked me many times to enter my phone number. Never have, never will.
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