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Re:Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t hav... by shermozle on Friday March 27, 2020 @01:15AM (#22700586)
They're not sending your name and address. They're sending the IDFA, device ID, of your device to Facebook. The fact that Facebook can link that device ID to your identity is on YOU. You logged into Facebook in their app to make that connection.
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Re:Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t hav... by leggomylibro on Friday March 27, 2020 @01:39AM (#22700655)
They still record the data and maintain a profile on me even if I don't have an account and have never used their app.

How is that my fault?

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Re:Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t hav... by munk-a on Friday March 27, 2020 @12:56PM (#22704544)
This uses unnecessarily accusatory wording. But it is also both unhelpful and just flat out wrong - Facebook gets data fed from a lot of sources - it can start stitching up that data into a picture of you without you ever creating a Facebook account.
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Re:Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t hav... by sudosysgen on Friday March 27, 2020 @07:55PM (#22707963)
This is simply false. Facebook creates phantom profiles to track users that don't even have a Facebook account.
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