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I deleted my phone number around mid-2018 and it’s also part of the leak tying the phone number to my name and gender https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2670

by shnp 5y ago

I deleted my phone number around mid-2018 and it’s also part of the leak tying the phone number to my name and gender https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26708923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26708923

milofeynman 5y ago
Similar experience. Class action?
- shnp 5y ago
  I started taking and deleting my data off FB 5 years ago, after I knew better. I'm only on FB because of messenger, and checks FB less than once a month. I think that's a better approach than suing them and getting the $10 from a class action.
  - sm4rk0 5y ago
    Why not both?
hendersoon 5y ago
We don't know exactly when the data was exfiltrated, just that it ended in early 2019. It could have been taken at any point before that time.
- shnp 5y ago
  Yeah it could be, will have to wait for more details first. I would not be surprised if FB kept that phone number with a "deleted" flag to this day though.
- sm4rk0 5y ago
  Earliest date in one of the columns (last login?) is something around 2019-04-28.