Insta wants my phone, and my ID (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by DollarColonial@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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On a new account, is it new ?

It's because I use vpn, email alias, random username, or every new account is like that ?

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[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 5 days ago

Facebook/Meta (the owners of Instagram) have been extorting phone numbers and IDs from people for years. They don't target everyone all at once, but a few hundred here, a few hundred there. I don't know if they do it for all new accounts, but the practice is definitely not new.

This is one of the many reasons why I stopped using their services.

this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2024

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