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Title: Facebook's 2FA 'Security' Practices Violate User Privacy
Post by: HCK on March 06, 2019, 04:05:16 pm
Facebook's 2FA 'Security' Practices Violate User Privacy

Facebook has undermined privacy on its network by exposing mobile phone numbers provided to secure user accounts through two-factor authentication. That's because anyone can use the numbers to look up a user's account. One doesn't even have to be a Facebook member to do so. Moreover, there's no way to opt out of the setting, although it can be limited to "friends" only.

Source: Facebook's 2FA 'Security' Practices Violate User Privacy (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85878.html?rss=1)