Most of the points below are already common knowledge about Facebook. Warning: prepare for your mind to not be blown.
The best I can go for is ‘Remind me later’, even though I don’t want to be reminded later.ħ steps and 6 refusals later, I’m in Messenger. Instructions on how to do this are above a big blue button that will take me to my Settings to make the change.Īs always, there’s no way to say ‘no’. Looks like Facebook’s not going to let me get away that easily. Step 4: Add Phone Number, Refusal 2īut seconds later, as I’m about to message a friend, a black screen loads over everything. A small link at the bottom of the screen saying ‘Not Now’, in grey. AND I can’t find any option to say no!Īh, wait. AND Facebook has somehow pre-filled my phone number and country code (where did they get it from?). But hey, that blue button is really big and inviting. I decide I don’t want to give Facebook my phone number. And as a bonus, they’ll be able to SMS me about random crap.
If I give Facebook my phone number, they’ll be able to match my Facebook account to my WhatsApp account, and to customer databases uploaded by advertisers who are using my phone number in a similarly dubious way. ‘See relevant ads, receive SMS notifications and more.’ There we go. Even if it does, I have many ways of telling my friends about Messenger, if that’s something I ever feel like doing. ‘Find friends.’ I’m not sure how giving my phone number will enable that. Facebook has my email address, after all, so I can always reset via email. ‘Reset your password easily.’ Not a great reason.
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