Can you imagine the uproar if Microsoft did something like this. for all users of active directory enable tracking for all action anywhere on the web. Even better its not going to share the "helpful tracking" with the admin. (yes teams has spyware, but thats admin configurable)
If Facebook even tried half of this, there would be literal shitfits.
And in other countries Google Maps can sometimes be useless compared to local competitors.
I install Apple Maps every once in a while to see if it has become useful, but always remove the app after a few days because it hasn't.
Some of security options require you to enter a cell # for account verification.
Browsing reddit, a lot of folks are defending the switch. "Better account security".
I really think that folks just don't care about their own privacy anymore.
It's a cell phone number. That's essentially public - if you search your phone number, you will find your name and probably address attached to it in the results, if not even your family and friends.
So, at that point, it doesn't matter. I guess it's the death by a thousand cuts.
So instead of not caring, I think it's more of - If there are companies who publish this information that I literally have never interacted with and have zero control over, what does it matter if I give it to a company to get something I want in return?
I remember this being the case back in the landline days when you had to pay not to be in the phone book.
It’ll let you change the email address without sending a confirmation to the old address first. They’ll send a confirmation request to the new address, change it and then message the old address that it’s been changed. Their flow is backwards but it works out for your case (sauce: I did this two weeks ago).
Once that’s done you’re good to go to link the accounts.
Facebook will just track you without explicitly letting you know by turning something back on.
Every time there’s a major update, half the tracking stuff comes back on.
Mainly because they wouldn’t give you an off switch for them to toggle back of.