Post by Enter Nations on Mar 26, 2018 12:07:07 GMT
Facebook denies keeping record of calls and SMS without your permission
The giant of social networks says that this function has always been optional and that users can deactivate it.
Facebook denied on Sunday having been recording the call history and SMS of users of its application in the Android operating system without their permission.
In the social network, the information of some users can be registered, although Facebook said it is an "optional" function. If enabled, the platform is able to see when you placed a call or sent a text message.
"You may have seen some recent reports that Facebook has been registering people's calls and SMS history (text messages) without their permission," Facebook said in a statement . "People have to expressly agree to use this function."
Ars Technica reported on Saturday that some Facebook users had discovered phone call metadata for years in its downloadable Facebook data file. Facebook requests access to telephone contact data to improve its friend recommendation algorithm, the site reported.
"The record of call history and text is part of a voluntary subscription feature for people who use Messenger, while we have received certain permissions from Android, the loading of this information has always been optional," Facebook said.
Facebook said the feature does not collect the content of calls or text messages, and that the information collected is not sold to third parties.
The social media giant was embroiled in a scandal last week after the reports of a data analysis firm that worked for the Donald Trump campaign misused the personal information of Facebook users during the scandal. US Elections 2016. Cambridge Analytica is accused of exploiting the personal data of 50 million Facebook users and using the information to manipulate US voters in the presidential campaign.
The giant of social networks says that this function has always been optional and that users can deactivate it.
Facebook denied on Sunday having been recording the call history and SMS of users of its application in the Android operating system without their permission.
In the social network, the information of some users can be registered, although Facebook said it is an "optional" function. If enabled, the platform is able to see when you placed a call or sent a text message.
"You may have seen some recent reports that Facebook has been registering people's calls and SMS history (text messages) without their permission," Facebook said in a statement . "People have to expressly agree to use this function."
Ars Technica reported on Saturday that some Facebook users had discovered phone call metadata for years in its downloadable Facebook data file. Facebook requests access to telephone contact data to improve its friend recommendation algorithm, the site reported.
"The record of call history and text is part of a voluntary subscription feature for people who use Messenger, while we have received certain permissions from Android, the loading of this information has always been optional," Facebook said.
Facebook said the feature does not collect the content of calls or text messages, and that the information collected is not sold to third parties.
The social media giant was embroiled in a scandal last week after the reports of a data analysis firm that worked for the Donald Trump campaign misused the personal information of Facebook users during the scandal. US Elections 2016. Cambridge Analytica is accused of exploiting the personal data of 50 million Facebook users and using the information to manipulate US voters in the presidential campaign.
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