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>I didn't like it (which is why they didn't get my damned password), but they were pretty open about what they planned to do with your credentials. From what I
by simion314 8y ago
>I didn't like it (which is why they didn't get my damned password), but they were pretty open about what they planned to do with your credentials.
From what I read FB had a "bug" where the feature was not removed properly, so the text about harvesting was removed but by "mistake" the harvesting code was left running.
- pluma 8y agoI think what happened was that they had an "import friends from your email contacts" feature in the past and the code was reused for "verify your identity via email" but they didn't realise the code would still also upload the email contacts. At least that's the story I've heard about why this was an "honest mistake".