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Ask HN: Is Facebook selling phone number or can it be scraped?

8 pointsby dfuhrimanover 12 years ago
I have a dummy Facebook account, with the name Brooklyn. I added my cell phone number to test some projects.<p>Due to Facebook's security changes, one of the defaults was that the number is public and searchable, which I did not change.<p>Recently I am getting text messages sent to 'Brooklyn'- which would only be from the fake Facebook account I set up.<p>Is Facebook selling my information, or can someone scrape my cell phone information?

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NameNickHNover 12 years ago
If it's publicly visible (logged in or not), then it can be scraped.
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stevejalimover 12 years ago
Vaguely related: <a href="http://www.tomscott.com/evil/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomscott.com/evil/</a>