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> You can create an account that has none of your personal information Facebook pretends this is the case, but they use some dirty tricks to require personal i
by warning26 5y ago
> You can create an account that has none of your personal information
Facebook pretends this is the case, but they use some dirty tricks to require personal information without explicitly requiring it.
In particular, if you create an account without a phone number, you'll find that within a day or two your account will inevitably be flagged for "suspicious" behavior, and you'll be required to enable two-factor-authentication with a valid phone number. (I assume the "suspicious" behavior here is your account existing without a phone number.)
- vmception 5y agoYou can mitigate this by attempting to friend a couple people upon account creation. I've seen this pattern and the excuses people make for it too (anti spam prevention, as if there are no other anti spam prevention methods)