For some time, the “Facebook PhoneBook” feature has caused quite a bit of confusion (and, in some cases, panic!). A viral message has been going around alerting friends that there is a security threat, when in fact, the Facebook Phonebook is a feature that every user on Facebook gets as part of our personal profile.
Your Facebook Phonebook consists of:
- ALL your friends who have their Privacy Setting set to reveal their contact info [at least their phone number(s)] to their friends, PLUS
- ANY contacts from your cell phone IF you have synced your mobile phone address book on the Facebook mobile app.
If for some reason you don’t want all of your friends viewing your phone number........
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