Your friends uploaded their contacts and your number was in there. All Facebook did was a simple match. Nothing crazy or nefarious. Sometimes it really is tha

Your friends uploaded their contacts and your number was in there. All Facebook did was a simple match. Nothing crazy or nefarious. Sometimes it really is that simple. Your phone number isn’t a secure, hidden piece of data. It’s scattered around and anyone you’ve ever give it to is at risk of disclosing it to a 3rd party, whether it be a website or another person.