Sentences with phrase «call and text history»

For those using the Messenger app, Facebook requests access to users» contacts, call and text history, locations and time spent there.

Facebook has, at least recently, been offering an opt - in prompt that prods users with a big blue button to «continuously upload» contact data, including call and text history.

The Menlo Park, California - based company explains that the call and text history logging practice has never been hidden from users and is, in fact, an option that is provided to them once they sign up for Messenger or Facebook Lite for Android or log into Messenger using their Android devices.

For people who've synced their SMS messages and calls with Facebook, their call and text history also goes to the social networking website.

Additionally, there's an option to keep contacts information uploaded continuously while disabling the call and text history logging.

«Call and text history logging is part of an opt - in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android,» Facebook said in a blog post shared on Sunday, March 25.

«Call and text history logging is part of an opt - in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android,» the company said.

The data collection can be turned off in a user's settings, and all previously collected call and text history shared on the app will be deleted, Facebook said.

Schroepfer said changes would be made to the events API, the groups API, the pages API, the Facebook login, the Instagram platform API, call and text history, data providers and partner category and app controls to prevent data leaking out.

Facebook is also changing its opt - in call and text history feature on Messenger and Facebook Lite on Android

Using a QR code it pairs the two devices and moves your photos, SIM contacts, plus your call and text history without you having to do anything following the scan.

Once in the app, users have to go to Menu — > App Settings, and tap Sync Your Call and Text History in order to disable the feature.

The feature is headlined «Text anyone in your phone» and then says it will «continuously upload info about your contacts like phone numbers and nicknames, and your call and text history.»

Facebook also says it is possible to turn off the setting that syncs a person's call and text history.

When people first sign up for Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android or log into Messenger on an Android device, they see a screen giving them the option to continuously upload contacts as well as call and text history.

Even though the opt - in screens do state that granting permission will «continuously upload info» about contacts and call and text history, it is arguable that many users don't really understand what that means and that instead of saying «this lets friends find each other on Facebook and helps us create a better experience for everyone» (a message sweetened with a saccharine cartoon of a figure texting a little heart), Facebook should really be giving more details about what exactly will be recorded and why.

For example, Facebook Messenger and Facebook Lite will no longer continuously upload call and text history form Android phones, and will delete all data older than one year.

Facebook is also reviewing the Call and Text History feature of its platform.

This is not the case,» before going on to explain that call and text history logging is included with an opt - in feature on Messenger or Facebook Lite for Android that «people have to expressly agree to use» and that they can turn off at any time, which would also delete any call and text data shared with that app.

Among the new changes is a tweak to how Facebook collects and stores call and text history.

Due to some versions of Android older than Jelly Bean - dating back to 2012 - being excessively liberal in terms of the data their permission allowed third - party apps to access, Facebook Lite and Messenger on Android phones somehow ended up scraping user's call and text history, even though Facebook claims it had no intention of using the information.

This took place over several years, even before Facebook's apps offered to track call and text history, thanks to an exploit in one of Android's older permissions APIs.

You must dive deeper still to find out how to turn off «Sync Your Call and Text History.»

a commitment to only hold call and text history logs collected by the Android versions of Messenger and Facebook Lite for a year.

In a statement, Facebook stated: «Call and text history logging is part of an opt - in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android.»

«You can also to turn off continuous call and text history logging while keeping contact uploading enabled.»

«Call and text history logging is part of an opt - in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android,» the company said in a «fact check» today.

Now, Facebook insists, it didn't actually do anything wrong with the call and text history logging — indeed, Android owners would've known all about it, had they only read the fine print.

If you are able to find the Sync Your Call and Text History setting on your Android Facebook app, we suggest you make sure it's turned off.

It also claims «all previously shared call and text history shared via that app is deleted,» if the user turns off the feature.

If you are an active Facebook Messenger user, you may have noticed that the app asked for new permissions to «track your call and text history» to help Facebook friends find each other.

In response, Facebook promises to restrict the amount and duration of data it accesses through Messenger's call and text history feature, which is emphasized is completely opt - in.

The data collection can be turned off in a user's settings, and all previously collected call and text history shared on the app will be deleted, Facebook says.

UPDATE (3/30/18): Although Facebook's statement claims that changing this setting will also result in previously logged call and text history being deleted, this does not appear to be true for previously uploaded contact data.

Call and text history has only ever been uploaded from users of Android devices, since Apple's iOS operating system does not allow app developers to see that sort of private information.

But the vast majority of the post is written in the present tense, and the example disclaimer Facebook posts — which does explicitly say the app will «continuously upload... your call and text history» — was only introduced in 2016, a year after the feature was initially introduced.

How It Works When you sign up for Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android, or log into Messenger on an Android device, you are given the option to continuously upload your contacts as well as your call and text history.

Opt - in Features in Facebook Lite and Messenger Call and text history logging is part of an opt - in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android.

The «Fact Check» did not acknowledge that in the past, different notification screens have been used, including ones that did not warn users that call and text history would be uploaded.

Schroepfer reiterated Facebook's previous statement that users had given permission for that data to be collected, writing: «Call and text history is part of an opt - in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android.»

You can also turn off continuous call and text history logging while keeping contact uploading enabled.

The changes will affect the Events API, Groups API, Pages API, Facebook Login, Instagram Platform API, Search and Account Recovery, Call and Text History, Data Providers and Partner Categories, and App Controls.

For Android users, Facebook is deleting logs of call and text history and information Facebook receives, meant to surface people frequently contacted, will be limited.

Call and text history logging is part of an opt - in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android.

When those adjustments are made to the programs, all previously shared call and text history is deleted, Facebook said.

Last month, the company attempted to set the record straight with regards to the collection of call and text history on Android devices amidst the developing story involving political data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica.

The call and text history logging are opt - in features for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android devices, the company said in a post.

If, at any time, they no longer wish to use this feature they can turn it off in settings, or here for Facebook Lite users, and all previously shared call and text history shared via that app is deleted.

Facebook is also changing its opt - in call and text history feature on Messenger and Facebook Lite on Android following widespread concern over the company's ability to scrape communication logs.

One of them is that call and text history is now part of an opt - in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android.