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March 25, 2018 02:28 pm GMT
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Facebook's app has been collecting Android phone data for years on some devices
Facebook's data collection capabilities apparently extend to tracking all the phone calls on Android devices.
As the post-Cambridge Analytica scandal fallout continues to unfold, some Facebook users are downloading their data from the social media platform and uncovering a surprise: Detailed phone records, including dates, times, call lengths, call recipients, and phone numbers.
It's only happening with people who use Android devices, and only when certain data approvals are granted. For example: I switched to the Android ecosystem several years ago, but there's no record of calls in my own Facebook data download. Read more...
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