Sentences with phrase «text history»

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

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

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

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.

Hawley's review also seeks information related to criticism the company faces for collecting years of data on call and text histories from Android users, as well as details on political campaigns with which the company has shared user data.

Also on Sunday, Facebook denied reports that it has been logging Android users» call and text history without their permission.

However, the statement goes on to deliberately confuse the issue of giving an app permission to read contacts, which is indeed routine, and the issue of giving an app permission to sync the phone's call and text history with the app's parent company's servers, a practice which is not routine.

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.

Facebook can see the call and text history for Android users who opt in to let the company see that data.

Call history: Facebook was logging calls and text history of Android users who opted in to use Facebook Messenger or Facebook Lite on their phones.

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

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.

The log also included text history, despite that not being made through a Facebook app.

Scroll down and tap «Settings,» then find «Call And Text History Uploading.»

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.

When asked about the Ars Technica report, Facebook maintains that it has always asked for permission to log call and text history even if Android did not.

On iPhone, there's no such thing as an app allowed to collect call and text history because Apple isn't Google.

Android users who installed Facebook's Messenger app on their devices may have had their call and text histories logged for approximately two years, according to a report in Ars Technica.

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.

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

Naturally, while it's scanning your messages, Messenger is also collecting loads of data on you, including your call and text history from outside of Messenger.

In response, Facebook published a post Sunday denying that it ever logged call or text history without a user's permission.

The technology - news website Boy Genius Report said that users had to opt into a feature called Sync Your Call and Text History in the App Settings section of the Android Facebook App.

Facebook will delete call and text histories for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android.

The Android world exploded when it was discovered that Facebook was logging the call and text histories of many of its users, although the company claims those users had explicitly given Facebook permission to log that data.

That access allowed CBP officers to review the backend of his social media accounts, work emails, call and text history, photos and other apps.

The previous policy did not mention call logs or text histories.

This may include users» address books on their phones, as well as their call logs and text histories.

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

Facebook will also delete call logs older than a year for Messenger and Facebook Lite users on Android who have opted - in to the call and text history feature.

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

Unlike the text history that had been included on the Activision CDs, Williams Arcade Classics contained multimedia interviews with the designers, as well as photos of early game designs.

I have some text history with her which would prove that we are good friends.

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.

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 on Sunday confirmed that its Messenger and Lite apps for Android smartphones routinely collect call and text histories.

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

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.

How Facebook was able to siphon off phone call and text logs News that Facebook's Android app has been collecting call and text histories is another black eye for the social media giant.

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

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

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.

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.

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.»

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.

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.

Facebook is facing new questions about its practice of collecting call and text histories from Android devices.