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> The mobile phone number Google kept requesting for two-factor identification -- oh, we'll use that to show your G+ profile to people who know your phone number.

Is this true? If so, holy shit. The sad point is that Google has broken so much trust that it would not surprise me at all. And it's actually prudent to assume as much.



Let's see what I can find:

http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/voice/HDkcM-0a...

Here's my earlier G+ post. The biggest problem: before submitting your phone number there's no way to tell what the company will do with the information

https://plus.google.com/104092656004159577193/posts/gA73LST6...




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