Facebook to stop using 2FA tool to feed friend suggestions feature

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Facebook to stop using 2FA tool to feed friend suggestions feature

As part of a wide-ranging privacy overhaul.

Facebook will no longer feed user phone numbers provided to it for two-factor authentication into its "people you may know" feature, as part of a wide-ranging overhaul of its privacy practices, the company told Reuters. Revelations last year that Facebook was using personal data obtained for ...

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