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Not to mention that Facebook has intentionally changed the email address of contacts in people's phones without asking them [0]. This does not change my mind a
by click170 10y ago
Not to mention that Facebook has intentionally changed the email address of contacts in people's phones without asking them [0].
This does not change my mind about banning all Facebook apps from my devices, it just means even less Facebook for me.
[0] http://www.cnet.com/how-to/facebook-changed-your-e-mail-address-heres-how-you-can-change-it-back/?_escaped_fragment_=# http://www.cnet.com/how-to/facebook-changed-your-e-mail-addr...!
- ikeboy 10y agoThat's not what the article says. They changed people's own listed emails on Facebook.com, no indication they changed anything on devices.
- hk__2 10y ago> Not to mention that Facebook has intentionally changed the email address of contacts in people's phones without asking them They changed it on FB, not in people’s phones.
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoThat's not true, the Facebook app was "syncing" local contacts with Facebook, and thus modifying them.
- hk__2 10y agoOh I wasn’t aware of this "syncing" feature; I thought it had a read-only access to your contact, that’s all. Thanks.
- jonlucc 10y agoI was bitten by a similar problem one of the very first versions of the FB app, and I haven't tried it again. It synced my Google Contacts (what I use as my canonical contacts list) with Facebook, resulting in duplicates and a whole bunch of mess that still isn't completely resolved years later. Now that I'm on Marshmallow, I might risk it, but I'm very hesitant to do so.