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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by hk__2 on Saturday June 04, 2016 @06:07AM (#11835742)
> 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.

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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by TazeTSchnitzel on Saturday June 04, 2016 @06:24AM (#11835785)
That's not true, the Facebook app was "syncing" local contacts with Facebook, and thus modifying them.
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by hk__2 on Saturday June 04, 2016 @01:05PM (#11837008)
Oh I wasn’t aware of this "syncing" feature; I thought it had a read-only access to your contact, that’s all. Thanks.
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