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In what way, exactly, am I compromising my security by entering random phone numbers into that input box? Best case scenario, they link a phone number to my IP
by t0mbstone 6y ago
In what way, exactly, am I compromising my security by entering random phone numbers into that input box?
Best case scenario, they link a phone number to my IP address which is dynamic. They can narrow my IP address down to the the general area, but phone number area codes already accomplish that.
People seem to forget that we used to have things called PHONE BOOKS which had people's addresses and phone numbers publicly available...
- zelon88 6y agoThey now know you have a Facebook account and can use that to extrapolate your username using the Account Recovery feature of Facebook. If you're part of the breach they get to add your IP to the data they've already got on you, along with whatever was in your user agent. This is usually your mobile device make and model and/or your OS and browser.
- t0mbstone 6y agoEh... They still can't do anything meaningful with that information that I'm particularly worried about. Facebook shows a profile picture associated with the phone number but it can't be linked back to the actual facebook profile because they use an obfuscated URL for the photo. Facebook also shows email addresses, but they are also obfuscated.