Facebook In Authentication Spamming Row

Facebook is facing criticism for allegedly using sign-ups to 2 factor authentication as an opportunity to send spam SMS notifications.

What 2FA?

Facebook has been allowing users to sign up for SMS-based two-factor authentication to mitigate the risk of phishing attempts and to help protect people from having their accounts compromised.

Spam Too

Unfortunately, in addition to receiving the authentication texts / security tokens that they expected, some sign-ups have also reported recei...