You've Got Facebook Mail

You might be surprised to check your contact information and find that your default email address has been replaced by a Facebook email address. Didn't sign up for a Facebook email address? One was provided for you.

You might be surprised to check your contact information and find that your default email address has been replaced by a Facebook email address. Didn’t sign up for a Facebook email address? One was provided for you.

Even if you’ve never even heard of Facebook email, for many users, the social network has chosen that as your default email contact. If you never set up an account, it will default to whatever your Facebook unique page ID is.

Forbes writer Kashmir Hill discussed this change today:

After all, it should be up to Facebook users to determine the information in their profile about how they want to be contacted, not Facebook.

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