Re:Facebook Android app sends phone number to Facebook serve...
by aguynamedrich on Friday June 28, 2013 @04:08PM
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That doesn't give you the phone number though, nor does it excuse them using the phone number (as I'm inferring from the wording in the article). TelephonyManager.getDeviceId() returns the IMEI/MEID/ESN, not the phone number. When most developers require READ_PHONE_STATE for a unique id, this is what they use.
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Re:Facebook Android app sends phone number to Facebook serve...
by andymcsherry on Friday June 28, 2013 @04:32PM
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TelephonyManager.getDeviceId() has it's own set of issues.
See: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/03/identifying-a...