To anyone who is saying, delete your phone number or don't enter it- it doesn't work like that.
Several other services are connected to Facebook that require phone numbers, if one of them will share your number - it's on there permanently, regardless if you delete it. (I've never given Facebook my number, yet they have my number in the Philippines because I use the IM service Viber)
Also, if a statistically significant number of people have your phone number entered into their phones when their contacts are scanned, your identity can be deduced (or significantly narrowed down to a low number of people - all of which will be targeted/displayed).
The only winning play is to never use any electronics that connect to a network - and if you've already done it once, just stop.
That's not an option for me at the moment, I don't like it, but I have no choice but to accept it.
Several other services are connected to Facebook that require phone numbers, if one of them will share your number - it's on there permanently, regardless if you delete it. (I've never given Facebook my number, yet they have my number in the Philippines because I use the IM service Viber)
Also, if a statistically significant number of people have your phone number entered into their phones when their contacts are scanned, your identity can be deduced (or significantly narrowed down to a low number of people - all of which will be targeted/displayed).
The only winning play is to never use any electronics that connect to a network - and if you've already done it once, just stop.
That's not an option for me at the moment, I don't like it, but I have no choice but to accept it.