Facebook Security Features Instead of Leaking Phone Numbers?

The two-step authentication security system, better known as two factor authentication (2FAA), is predicted to be able to maintain the security of social media user data from hackers.

But what happens if the "hack" is the internal social media company itself? This is what the United States Trade Commission (FTC) suspected of social networking company Facebook.

This claim has not been announced to the public, but the information was first obtained from two anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

2FA feature allows users to increase the security of their social media accounts by requesting tokens sent by Facebook via SMS to cellphone numbers every time a user logs in.

FTC suspects that some advertisers are using this feature to get the user's cellphone number without their knowledge.\

Facebook Security Features Instead of Leaking Phone Numbers?

Not only the case of the 2FA feature, the FTC will sue Facebook because it is considered to be concise in informing features to deactivate facial recognition. This feature was actually released in late 2017 which serves to prevent users from being tagged carelessly by scanning face photos.

However, after several months of release, around 30 million Facebook users have not yet received the feature, as reported by Consumer Reports in May 2019.

The two privacy issues are expected to be included in the agenda of a settlement between the FTC and Facebook which has been running since the beginning of last month.

Agenda will reportedly be held on Wednesday (24/7/2019) local time. Unfortunately, both the FTC and Facebook have not yet responded to this report.

Recently, the Messenger Kids application which targeted users under 13 years was also reported to be hacking. Reportedly there are 50 million accounts affected by this burglary.

Last week, the FTC only imposed a fine worth 5 billion US dollars for the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

In addition to imposing fines, the FTC also asked Facebook to submit federal oversight of its business practices to ensure that they treat user data appropriately.

The amount of this fine is considered small compared to Facebook's revenue. Facebook's revenue in 2018 reached 55 billion dollars, 10 times the fine imposed by the FTC.

Last April 2019, Facebook's first quarter revenue was worth 15 billion US dollars (Rp 209 trillion) and cash reserves were more than 40 billion dollars, according to a report from the New York Times.