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Just delete the phone number. You can use two factor authentication with OTP, SMS part is unnecessary.
by sanxiyn 8y ago
Just delete the phone number. You can use two factor authentication with OTP, SMS part is unnecessary.
- StudentStuff 8y agoDeleting the data in your account settings isn't going to necessarily remove it from Facebook's database. Getting a vanity number that spells your first name or nickname would be a better workaround IMO, and you can set business hours and such to control your potential employer's access to you :P
- sanxiyn 8y agoI believe GDPR specifies right of erasure, and if Facebook doesn't delete the phone number you "deleted", Facebook will face much larger problems.
- StudentStuff 8y agoMy comment was fairly US-centric, as we don't have GDPR. In the EU that'd be much more useful, as the cost of phone numbers in Europe and calling rates vary wildly, and can be quite exorbitant in some countries.
- davegardner 8y agoFacebook still operates as a business in the EU and can therefore be fined there. As a similar example, Google was fined €50 million earlier this year as a result of a GDPR violation.
- StudentStuff 8y agoCan Facebook be fined by the EU for actions outside the EU that only affect users outside the EU? Sure, but it would likely create political waves and I'd doubt it'd happen. Global enforcement of GDPR isn't realistic, as the EU doesn't have worldwide jurisdiction.
- ardy42 8y ago> Just delete the phone number. I'd be surprised if Facebook ever deletes anything like this voluntarily. Most likely "deleting the number" just means hiding it and using it only of ad targeting and more subtle forms of profile matching.
- peteretep 8y agoThey do in GDPR jurisdictions or they’re fucked.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoDefine fucked in this context. They'll pay a fine, perhaps, but it's not like Mark Zuckerberg will be laying in a gutter pissing blood. Regardless, you can't put the cat back in the bag. Bad actors will still have scrapped your number, or way too much personal identifying information, anyway.
- davegardner 8y agoGDPR fines can be pretty significant. Google was hit with a €50 million fine in January.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago€50 million doesn’t sound like a lot for a company with $100,000 million revenue.
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- geggam 8y agoAssuming it is proven
- cmurf 8y agoThe last time I tried to do this, about a year, it required a phone number to enable 2FA in the first place, and then it was possible to use OTP (with e.g. Google Authenticator). But once I got sucked into doing that, I couldn't delete the phone number to do only OTP without it also disabling 2FA.
- sanxiyn 8y agoUgh, that sucks? I recently setup OTP-only 2FA, so apparently they fixed it.
- hkjayakumar 8y agoIt still gives the same warning if you remove the phone number while TOTP is enabled. But I was able to remove and then set up TOTP based 2FA without a phone number. I should add that removing the phone number didn't actually delete the number from my profile (who could have known?). You have to go into the Mobile tab and remove the phone number again. All this despite me reluctantly adding my phone number just for 2FA. Dark patterns throughout the website.
- kevin_b_er 8y agoFacebook does not delete the personal information they've harvested about you. Delete = Hide it from you. Maybe they will in GDPR Europe, but not anywhere else.