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3rd April 2019
10:05am BST
Bennett Cyphers, a security expert, told the publication: "This is basically indistinguishable to a phishing attack. This is bad on so many levels.
"It’s an absurd overreach by Facebook and a sleazy attempt to trick people to upload data about their contacts to Facebook as the price of signing up. Even when you consent to uploading contact information to Facebook, you should never have to put in your email password to do it.
"No company should ever be asking people for credentials like this, and you shouldn’t trust anyone that does. This goes against all conventional security wisdom, basic decency, and common sense."
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