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There's the pesky implication that Facebook was perhaps doing all that stuff. Making them stop is a win for users.


It definitely was.

- Asking for email password: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/04/faceb...

- Targeting ads using phone numbers obtained through two-factor authentication: https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/28/facebook-two-factor-phon...

- Improper use of facial recognition: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/16/603056662...


It's not an implication; it's mentioned in the article:

>the FTC alleges that Facebook violated the FTC Act’s prohibition against deceptive practices when it told users it would collect their phone numbers to enable a security feature, but did not disclose that it also used those numbers for advertising purposes.

>The FTC also alleges that Facebook misrepresented users’ ability to control the use of facial recognition technology with their accounts. According to the complaint, Facebook’s data policy, updated in April 2018, was deceptive to tens of millions of users who have Facebook’s facial recognition setting called “Tag Suggestions” because that setting was turned on by default, and the updated data policy suggested that users would need to opt-in to having facial recognition enabled for their accounts.




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