Facebook faces backlash over users' safety phone numbers
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#4AB1F)
Contact details supplied by users to enable two-factor authentication led to reduced privacy
Facebook has been accused of abusing a security feature in order to weaken user privacy, after the social network was found using phone numbers initially handed over for account safety for other purposes.
The company now faces criticism that it will be harder to convince users to take other necessary security measures if users view this as an abuse of trust.
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