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Old 1st October 2018, 07:36   #1
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Default Facebook admits using two-factor phone numbers to target ads

Facebook has admitted that it uses the phone number provided by users for two-factor authentication (2FA) to target them with ads. Naturally, its repurposing of information passed on for security purposes to make more ad dollars is causing quite the...

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