Facebook 2FA is to mitigate data regulations and better tracking

Did anyone ever question this? Of course they want the phone number to identify you across data-sets. That's why some of us get a new phone number for each service that's important enough. I even made myself an android app that allows my "burner phones" in the basement to send xmpp messages to my real phone with these 2FA messages.

&gt; Apple should offer unlimited additional phone numbers that work as inbound SMS lines only.<p>That’s a pretty funny: the next front could be a battle between FAANG (each of whom need the others) for&#x2F;against privacy.<p>I hope A do this.

Another post on HN as we speak, titled &quot;Facebook claimed phone number was only for 2FA. Now it&#x27;s searchable.&quot;