It's usually 3 strikes and you're out. But Facebook seems to have several lives; maybe 9? Zuckerburg, you feline.
Strike 9: Phone numbers and personal information of over 500 million Facebook users were leaked online. Facebook confirms that it was legitimate user data that was leaked but dismisses it’s high-security level by saying it was data that was taken from fakebook in 2020.
Watch video by Reuters (click to watch)
And as you can tell from this article at Selfkey (click to read) written on March 11th, 2020 that Facebook has had a long history of data leaks. We have summarized the list below.
2018 May - 14 million users
2018 Sep - 50 million users
2019 Mar - 600 million users
2019 Apr - 540 million users
2019 Apr - 1.5 million users (yes twice in the same month)
2019 Sep - 419 million users
2019 Dec - 309 million users
Now imagine all of your WhatsApp messages linked to your Facebook account.
So what should you do about it?
Well some sites will tell you that you can check if your data was leaked by going to a particular URL and submitting the email address that you used to login to Facebook. WARNING! Do not do this! This will only confirm to the holder of this breached database that your email is legitimate and that it belongs to an actual user. Think about it, even if you find out that your data is leaked, there is still nothing you can do about what has already been made public. The only way you can gain peace of mind in future is by deleting your Facebook account and of course without a doubt delete WhatsApp!
Why use an exploitative inferior communications app such as WhatsApp when there are carbon copied versions of it namely “Signal Private Messenger” that has all the features you need including privacy and security? Afterall, even Zuckerburg uses Signal (click to read).
Just something to ponder.