Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff@mastodon.social
The FTC’s settlement that Facebook stop using security phone numbers for targeted advertising is, hopefully, a first step toward rebuilding users’ trust in security features.
But it didn’t go far enough.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/fixed-ftc-orders-facebook-stop-using-your-2fa-number-ads
Electronic Frontier Foundation · Fixed? The FTC Orders Facebook to Stop Using Your 2FA Number for AdsSince academics and investigative journalists first reported last year that Facebook was using people’s two-factor authentication numbers and “shadow” contact information for targeted advertising, Facebook has shown little public interest in fixing this critical problem. Subsequent demands that...
@eff The FTC/Facebook settlement is meaningless. Facebook will ignore it, as always. You don't trust settlements, you trust people, and only a fool would trust the people at Facebook.