One of the big scandals in the Android world was when Facebook was caught
scraping call logs and message data.
However, not all of the data it collects has been provided voluntarily, as Facebook has been
scraping call log and message data from your phone for years.
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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.
Facebook has pushed back at reports that it
scraped call and SMS text message history on Android phones, arguing that users gave them permission to save the contentious
logs.
This includes limiting what apps can collect from events, groups and pages; changes to the Facebook Login system where people can use Facebook to
log into other apps; updates to the Instagram Platform API; changing search and recovery to prevent profile
scraping; making sure Facebook doesn't collect the content of Facebook Messages or
call length; and the shutting down of Partner Categories.