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6th March 2019

Facebook’s two-factor authentication puts security and privacy at odds (cnet.com).

Mark Zuckerberg: “Data privacy is overrated”
First: The phone number you give to Facebook to help keep your account safe from potential hackers isn’t just being used for security. A tweet thread from Jeremy Burge, founder of Emojipedia, on Friday showed that people can find your profile from that same phone number, and you can’t opt out of that setting.

And following up on it being found that 2FA was also being provided to advertisers on the platform for targeted posts. For sure, and you thought you could trust those social rascals with your phone number. Add to that that it’s been found that 2FA by SMS is susceptible to hacks and, well…

While using phone numbers for 2FA is better than having no security at all, it’s not as secure as using an authenticator app or a security key.

Which, with hackers able to intercept text messages containing your PIN code when you try logging in is why Google began shifting its 2FA method to its authenticator app instead, meaning you don’t need to use your phone number for that security feature anymore. And isn’t that a shame for the ad revenue purposes Fidiotbook was using it for incidentally.

SMS-based two-factor authentication is not safe—consider these alternative 2FA methods instead (kaspersky.co.uk, Oct. 2018).

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