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I feel even better about resisting Facebook's attempts to get me to provide my phone number. If I'm remembering right, they had two methods they'd switch betwe
by CoryAlexMartin 7y ago
I feel even better about resisting Facebook's attempts to get me to provide my phone number.
If I'm remembering right, they had two methods they'd switch between:
A. By emphasizing how much more secure it would make my account.
B. By telling me how many of my friends have provided theirs, which is a blatant attempt at manipulation via peer-pressure.
- rhizome 7y agoOKCupid is making a lot of noise these days about requiring a phone number, right after Facebook themselves had a massive breach (267+ million numbers): https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2019/12/19/267-million-names-and-phone-numbers-leaked-online---and-theyre-all-from-facebook/#3cf81c4c5a6b https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2019/12/19/267-mil... Either it's a bizdev scam that they're all trying to get in on, or they're clueless. I lean toward the latter but expect it to be the former. Surely they can raise ad rates with the extra PII, I'm guessing?