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[Entwood]

IF you have an Android / IOS phone that has the stupid and pointless Facebook app on it, even if you never use the godawful site ... if you allow your Apps to update automatically, or you just manually update without checking ... you may wish to think on this .....

The latest update to "Facebook for Android" (and it applies to IOS as well) changes the built in permissions of the app quite severely .. and includes permission to ..

"read phone state and identity
Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. An app with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like."

Another permission allows the app send this information out ..

have a read here .. under permissions ...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana

Many smartphones do not allow these built-in apps to be uninstalled - unfortunately - but on most you can disable the app after a bit of searching....

[martin42]

jesus cant we have any privacy these days 

[cam2502]

Big brother is watching 

[martin42]

and who is watching over big brother??

[STMO123]

Pretty standard I think. When someone posted the other day that their mailbox had been hacked, I thought an app may have read his contact list if synched with his phone.

[cem_devecioglu]

Big brother is watching 

as usual

[TheBoy]

Simple solution. Delete your arsebook account.

[Entwood]

Simple solution. Delete your arsebook account.

That doesn't remove the app from the smartphone, and the app does not need to be logged in to FB to record the info, or so it seems. Disabling the app seems to be the only solution so far.

[TheBoy]

Simple solution. Delete your arsebook account.

That doesn't remove the app from the smartphone, and the app does not need to be logged in to FB to record the info, or so it seems. Disabling the app seems to be the only solution so far.

If everyone deleted their account, there would be no app.

[Entwood]

Simple solution. Delete your arsebook account.

That doesn't remove the app from the smartphone, and the app does not need to be logged in to FB to record the info, or so it seems. Disabling the app seems to be the only solution so far.

If everyone deleted their account, there would be no app.

Excellent point, well made ...  but can you see the modern yoof with their IQ reducer firmly under the hoody  leaving such an major part of their miserable existence ??

[Mr Skrunts]

Pretty standard I think. When someone posted the other day that their mailbox had been hacked, I thought an app may have read his contact list if synched with his phone.

Was me regards Yahoo mail.  But am not naive or stupid enough to let my phone have access to my email accounts, I do how ever have a google mail account which serves a limited purpose as I never talk to any one via it, but use it to back the phone up to (stupid enough really as then then puts my whole phone contact list at risk.

The thing that hacked me off the most was taking pictures on my phone (only at an engagement party) but when I went to check out what google mail was about I found the pics had synced to my google mail account. 

I will learn to use it all properly one day. 

[STMO123]

Pretty standard I think. When someone posted the other day that their mailbox had been hacked, I thought an app may have read his contact list if synched with his phone.

Was me regards Yahoo mail.  But am not naive or stupid enough to let my phone have access to my email accounts, I do how ever have a google mail account which serves a limited purpose as I never talk to any one via it, but use it to back the phone up to (stupid enough really as then then puts my whole phone contact list at risk.

The thing that hacked me off the most was taking pictures on my phone (only at an engagement party) but when I went to check out what google mail was about I found the pics had synced to my google mail account. 

I will learn to use it all properly one day. 

As far as I can see, the whole point of these apps/social sites is to glean every bit of info they can about you. Jaime may have been joking when he said everyone should delete their account, but the only way you can stay totally private is to never connect to any server. Difficult........


Then, of course, there are the people who willingly give away everything about themselves freely. They can see no harm in it whatsoever. If you look at it from their point of view, it's the way the world works nowadays and privacy is something for older people or those who have something to hide. No wonder when they are force-fed a diet of reality tv shows where the 'contestants' revel in their notoriety. Little do they realise that they will never be able to escape their 15 minutes of, ermmmm.........fame?

[tunnie]

Nothing new, other apps do this.

Can't help but notice that most people who thinks its useless are over 40 

Its used as a tool, I keep in contact with old work mates were we organise catch ups over it. Keep in contact with friends in other countries, only last week I meet up with an old friend not seen in years. He just happened to make a post saying he was in London for an interview.

[TheBoy]

Its used as a tool, I keep in contact with old work mates were we organise catch ups over it. Keep in contact with friends in other countries, only last week I meet up with an old friend not seen in years. He just happened to make a post saying he was in London for an interview.

Us old'uns do the same thing, but with more reliable technology. We call people. You know, its called a telephone for a reason, its not called an arsebook-gay-machine.  Anyone under the age of 30 may struggle, but us old'uns also arrange to meet up in a pub on a Friday and Saturday night. We don't need arsebook, and imaginary/virtual friends

[TheBoy]

Jaime may have been joking when he said everyone should delete their account

Really? I see nobody laughing