Facebook to stop using phone numbers to recommend friends in 2020

SAN FRANCISCO: Following privacy concerns, social networking giant Facebook is set to stop using your phone number for recommending friends in 2020.

According to a BBC report, users will soon have "a code sent to their mobile phones when logging in to make access harder for hackers". The change is part of Facebook's $5 billion settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and will come into effect from next year. Facebook last year confirmed the use of users' phone numbers for targeting ads and stopped using members' security phone numbers for advertising in June this year. In March, the company faced backlash over its secure login process two-factor authentication (2FA) where it asked users to add phone numbers, which can be searched by advertisers. (IANS)

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