Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account

Re:Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t hav... by koyote on Thursday March 26, 2020 @09:37PM (#22699779)

So I do not have facebook installed on my phone but I do have instagram and whatsapp.

A large amount of phone apps seem to appear in that list. I guess Whatsapp/Instagram creates a fingerprint of my device and then uses that for tracking?

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Re:Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t hav... by theferalrobot on Friday March 27, 2020 @12:12AM (#22700387)

I believe that is in fact the case. I removed all Facebook owned apps from my phone a few weeks ago and I stopped seeing reports show up there. Experimentally, it seems like an uninstall disassociates the ID from your facebook account.

That doesn’t mean facebook stopped getting those reports, only that they are no longer associating them with my account.

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Re:Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t hav... by daemonspudguy on Thursday March 26, 2020 @09:40PM (#22699791)

They are both owned by Facebook, so yes

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