Twitter 2FA phone numbers "inadvertently" used for advertising purposes - Help Net Security

Twitter 2FA phone numbers

Twitter’s Support account published the following announcement on Tuesday:



We recently found that some email addresses and phone numbers provided for account security may have been used unintentionally for advertising purposes. This is no longer happening and we wanted to give you more clarity around the situation: https://t.co/bBLQHwDHeQ


— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) October 8, 2019


Then, in the linked post, they proceeded not to give a lot of clarity.


“We recently discovered that when you provided an email address or phone number for safety or security purposes (for example, two-factor authentication) this data may have inadvertently been used for advertising purposes, specifically in our Tailored Audiences and Partner Audiences advertising system,” the company twitter phone numbers inadvertently advertising purposes security