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> Facebook empowered Apple to hide from Facebook users all indicators that its devices were asking for data. Apple devices also had access to the contact number

> Facebook empowered Apple to hide from Facebook users all indicators that its devices were asking for data. Apple devices also had access to the contact numbers and calendar entries of people who had changed their account settings to disable all sharing, the records show. > Apple officials said they were not aware that Facebook had granted its devices any special access. They added that any shared data remained on the devices and was not available to anyone other than the users. Any more information about that? I would be curious to know if we have actual proofs about those statements.

Despegar 8y ago
That's referring to the Facebook integration in iOS. There were similar integrations for Flickr, Vimeo and Twitter as well. These have been removed as of iOS 11. It would let you sync your contacts and add their Facebook profile pic to them, as well as post to Facebook using a system UI. Apparently this API gave Apple more permission than was needed for these features, but that Apple was unaware of it. https://www.macrumors.com/2017/06/05/facebook-twitter-integration-eliminated-ios-11/ https://www.macrumors.com/2017/06/05/facebook-twitter-integr...