Facebook says it 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5 million people's email contacts without their consent (FB)

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• Facebook says that it 'unintentionally uploaded' the e-mail contacts of 1.5 million new Facebook users since May 2016.
• The revelation comes after a security researcher noticed that Facebook was asking some users to enter their email passwords when they signed up for new accounts to verify their identities, in a move widely condemned by security experts.
• Business Insider then discovered that if you did enter your email password, a message popped up saying it was "importing" your contacts, without asking for permission first.
• Facebook says that it didn't mean to upload these contacts, and is now in the process of deleting them.
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Facebook harvested the email contacts of 1.5 million users without their knowledge or consent when they opened their accounts.

Business Insider has learned that since May 2016, the social networking company has collected the contact lists of 1.5 million users new to the social network. The Silicon Valley company says they were "unintentionally uploaded to Facebook," and it is now deleting them. You can read Facebook's full statement below. 

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