Re:Here’s why the Facebook iOS app is so bad (UIWebViews and...
by guelo on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @12:01AM
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The Facebook app is also a major battery drain. But the real kicker is the privacy violations where they grab your phone's address book to make creepy friend recommendations. I tell everybody to uninstall the app and just use the web app. If you make a shortcut to the web app it will work just as well as the native app without the privacy or battery issues.
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Re:Here’s why the Facebook iOS app is so bad (UIWebViews and...
by Xuzz on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @12:57AM
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You realize that's not true? If you choose to enable the "Contact Sync" (the only time when they are sent your device's contacts), this page is shown: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/... Unlike the Path scandal earlier this year, Facebook has done a consistently reasonable job warning people about what they are doing (as well as having the feature off-by-default and, even if you want to use it, somewhat difficult to access).
Re:Here’s why the Facebook iOS app is so bad (UIWebViews and...
by guelo on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @01:13AM
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Are you sure that is true on Android? I don't remember where I was first told about this issue but the app does request read and write contact data permissions, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.k...