Facebook could have your phone number and email address—even if you never handed them over to the social network. Everyone knows that Facebook collects vast amounts of data. But what many people might ...

Facebook thrives on data, prodding users to provide it with their memories, cherished moments and relationships. And for years, it has badgered users into handing out their phone numbers. More ...

You may recently have gotten worried that Facebook has your phone number, even though you don't remember giving it to the social network. At the same time, you may have also realized the social ...

Setting up two-factor authentication is usually a recommended move to keep important accounts secure — but on Facebook, adding a phone number could impact privacy. After a tweet from a user ...

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Tamara Palmer is a DJ, author and publisher of the small-batch print magazine California Eating. If you use two-factor authentication (2FA) to secure your Facebook account, you likely, at some point, ...

Each year, telecom providers “recycle” millions of phone numbers. If you’ve ever been the owner of a recycled phone number, you’ve likely gotten a phone call or text from creditors, gyms, and other ...

Facebook allows you to list several types of contact information on your profile page, such as your address, email and and instant-messenger screen name. You also have the option of including your ...

Every Facebook user has a unique ID number. This number gives you some information on approximately -- but not precisely -- when you and your friends joined Facebook relative to each other. A lower ...

Users are complaining that the phone number Facebook hassled them to use to secure their account with two-factor authentication has also been associated with their user profile — which anyone can use ...

Yesterday, we wrote about Facebook ID numbers and found the first people to ever sign up for the social network. When Facebook was founded, every user was given an ID number. It began with ID #0, ...

And I mean, geez, stuff like this with Facebook just isn’t a surprise anymore, is it? For years social media Big Brother had been pestering its users to secure their account with two-factor ...