Months after Facebook was shown to surreptitiously collect Android call and SMS records, emails show Facebook's growth team added the feature amid “PR” fears
it took someone pouring through their Facebook data dump to unwind the mystery that Facebook was logging their texts and calls, so Android app was at fault. Unbelievable shadiness from Facebook from day one http://www.techmeme.com/... Robert Stephens / @rstephens : This stuff is just plain bad and shameful. I'm trying to imagine how it makes @Facebook employees feel. Prospective talent? Can't be good for recruiting. Whomever is part of this culture inside FB really should be working at Wells Fargo. https://twitter.com/... Will Oremus / @willoremus : If you're looking for one sentence that encapsulates the attitude that has gotten Facebook in so much trouble, this is a strong candidate. https://twitter.com/... Ashkan Soltani / @ashk4n : 8) Another study in contrasts@Facebook statements re: Android SMS and Call Log History1) internal discussion Feb 4 2015 2) public ‘clarifying’ statement Mar 25 2018 http://twitter.com/... Luther Lowe / @lutherlowe : This seems to be more of an indictment of Android than Facebook. https://twitter.com/... David Carroll / @profcarroll : That creepy Friends You May Know feature, yeah that's been harvesting call logs and text messages on Android for years now.You see how it's easy to feel skeptical that Facebook is actually GDPR compliant and not in violation of its FTC settlement?http://twitter.com/ ...