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Re:Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users ... by saagarjha on Sunday June 03, 2018 @10:33PM (#17224102)
Yes, I didn't quite understand that. Apple had this to say:

> An Apple spokesman said the company relied on private access to Facebook data for features that enabled users to post photos to the social network without opening the Facebook app, among other things.

So is this like what connecting your Facebook account in Settings does? Allow you share pictures through the share sheet in Photos or whatever? What does Apple get to see, and what stays on the device?

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Re:Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users ... by GeekyBear on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:04AM (#17225044)
>is this like what connecting your Facebook account in Settings does?

It depends on the platform.

On iOS you could post various types of information to Facebook, and you could sync Facebook contact and calendar data to the local device.

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/understanding-facebook-integrati...

Aside from letting you share information and sync Facebook contacts and calendars, Windows Phone 7, for instance, pulled in a lot more data to populate it's People hub.

>For all intents and purposes the People hub is the Facebook app for Windows Phone 7. If you’ve supplied your Facebook login, the default “what’s new” tab will serve as your news feed.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/3982/windows-phone-7-review/7

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Re:Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users ... by reaperducer on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:45AM (#17228976)
Apple told the Times that it wasn't involved with this since September of last year. I wonder if this is why it's no longer possible to update your Facebook status from the Notifications panel.
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Re:Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users ... by dirkgently on Monday June 04, 2018 @10:37AM (#17228119)
Apple is basically outsourcing user data mining to Facebook so that they can take the high groud.

Didn't Tim Cook just two months back bragged about how Apple doesn't do certain things? He was right. He asked Facebook to do that for him.

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Re:Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users ... by jonhendry18 on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:22AM (#17244336)
Apple dropped social media integration from their upcoming operating systems.
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