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> [Facebook] claimed that it wouldn't be able to knit together user IDs, thereby combining the data of the two services. Facebook REQUIRES your phone number wh
by hobarrera 10y ago
> [Facebook] claimed that it wouldn't be able to knit together user IDs, thereby combining the data of the two services.
Facebook REQUIRES your phone number when signing up nowadays (sometimes it asks a bit later - when you try to message peolple.
On Facebook Messenger, you sign up using you phone number.
On WhatsApp you sign up using your phone number.
I think it's pretty obvious that is was trivial to connect the two accounts.
- funnyfacts365 10y agoFacebook messenger even tricked people into being the default SMS app on Android... And given all the permissions they ask, they can read the phone number themselves.