Alan Mislove and his graduate student Giridhari Venkatadri conducted a study showing how a specific feature on Facebook’s advertising platform allows hackers to obtain your phone number.

7/24/19

Gizmodo: Report: FTC to Accuse Facebook of Using 2FA Numbers for Ads, Hiding Facial Recognition Settings

9/28/18

L’Echo: Ce que Facebook fait à votre insu avec votre numéro de téléphone

9/26/18

Gizmodo: Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information

8/21/18

NU News: He found a privacy breach. Facebook gave him a grant to plug the leak.

3/26/18

Communications of the ACM: Researchers Find Leaky Apps Put Privacy at Risk

3/22/18

Phys Org: Researchers find leaky apps that put privacy at risk

3/19/18

MOTHERBOARD: Cambridge Analytica’s Ad Targeting Is the Reason Facebook Exists

1/8/18

V3: Facebook could have exposed your mobile number to advertisers