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Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

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[–] maniel@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

BuT cOrPoRaTiOnS tRaCk YoUr LoCaTiOn If yOu GiVe ThEm YouR nUmBeR

Like they'd need your phone number to do that when you probably already have a smartphone with Facebook installed

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

when you probably already have a smartphone with ~~Facebook~~ Play Store/Services installed

[–] maniel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

that was vaguely implied by "smarphone"

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Some of us don't install proprietary software..

[–] maniel@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i was pointing at lay-user of smartphones that don't want to give facebook or google their phone number while they are already spied on by countless companies with Google and Meta among them,

same people probably have pasted some appropriate clause on their facebook