ALERT: Facebook Phonebook Is Not A Security Threat

There’s a viral message going around on Facebook suggesting that users need to alert their friends to the fact that their phone numbers are being published. While your friends may be able to see your phone number (based on the privacy settings you’ve set), this is not a security glitch. Instead the phonebook is a feature which is intended to give you an easy resource for finding all of your friends’ contact information. However if you don’t want to share your phone number with your friends, here’s how to do it.