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Facebook removes two-factor authentication mobile numbers from search

Posted on October 16, 2012 by pogowasright.org

Lucian Constantin reports:

Facebook users who have associated a mobile phone number with their accounts in order to enable the “Login Approvals” security feature can no longer be found on the website based on those phone numbers, the company said Monday.

Facebook’s search system provides reverse lookup functionality that allows users to find other people on the website by searching for their phone numbers or email addresses instead of their names.

Read more on Computerworld.

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