The article says you set the lookup to only work for friends. That means that no one that is not a friend can find you based on a phone number. Can someone expl

The article says you set the lookup to only work for friends. That means that no one that is not a friend can find you based on a phone number. Can someone explain why everyone is getting worked up? All the comments refer to being findable to strangers and stalkers by phone number but that’s not the case.