Twitter took mobile phone numbers provided by users for two-factor authentication and used them for targeted advertising
Twitter has admitted using phone numbers provided for two-factor authentication (2FA), as well as user email addresses, for advertising purposes. Although the 2FA phone number is supposed to be...
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