Sunday, March 25, 2018

229 319 499 | Facebook has been collecting call history and SMS data from Android devices, March 25, 2018


Facebook has been collecting call records and SMS data from Android devices for years. Several Twitter users have reported finding months or years of call history data in their downloadable Facebook data file. A number of Facebook users have been spooked by the recent Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, prompting them to download all the data that Facebook stores on their account.

Ars Technica reports that Facebook has been requesting access to contacts, SMS data, and call history on Android devices to improve its friend recommendation algorithm and distinguish between business contacts and your true personal friendships. Facebook appears to be gathering this data through its Messenger application, which often prompts Android users to take over as the default SMS client. 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. It’s not clear when this prompt started appearing in relation to the historical data gathering, and whether it has simply been opt-in the whole time. Either way, it’s clearly alarmed some who have found call history data stored on Facebook’s servers.


499 is the 95th prime number

229 is the 50th prime number


While the recent prompts make it clear, Ars Technica points out the troubling aspect that Facebook has been doing this for years, during a time when Android permissions were a lot less strict. Google changed Android permissions to make them more clear and granular, but developers could bypass this and continue accessing call and SMS data until Google deprecated the old Android API in October. It’s not yet clear if these prompts have been in place in the past.

Facebook has responded to the findings, but the company appears to suggest it’s normal for apps to access your phone call history when you upload contacts to social apps. “The most important part of apps and services that help you make connections is to make it easy to find the people you want to connect with,” says a Facebook spokesperson, in response to a query from Ars Technica.

The same call record and SMS data collection has not yet been discovered on iOS devices. While Apple does allow some specialist apps to access this data in limited ways like blocking spam calls or texts, these apps have to be specifically enabled through a process that’s similar to enabling third-party keyboards. The majority of iOS apps cannot access call history or SMS messages, and Facebook’s iOS app is not able to capture this data on an iPhone.


The people who are honestly surprised by this "new" information are either completely oblivious to it, even though the text is in plain sight asking for permissions and such, before installing/using etc. The other half are people who may have some inkling of this but do not care for, are unintelligible to the potential negative consequences. Honestly, where do these people think that the data is stored at?
For those who are still unaware of the supposed Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerburg, a quote:
This was back in the year 2010. (You can also probably find this just by typing it into he search engine as well.)

 For those searching for a non-privacy intruding, data collecting social media site, you may be interested in checking out: Mastodon. It is essentially a decentralized network, making it more difficult for the government to censor, steal data etc. I haven't tried it personally but it does look much more promising that the government 'rebranded' program known as Facebook.
https://joinmastodon.org/

*Speaking of which, for those who may be skeptical of the work that I conduct, let alone the information that has been put on as of late, this is no game. I have been constantly harassed through different avenues, whether that be through continuous calls from phone numbers I do not recognize (calling at the 33 minute mark or at the 47 minute just to paint a picture, there are many more), nobody answering their calls if I do choose to answer, having my computer spontaneously shut off last weekend after coming home late from work (which has never happened before), then after resetting my computer having my entire screen go haywire (looked as if my screen was losing power in combination of the resolution, windows being messed up among others. Now I'm having to deal with a forceful Windows 10 update that has NEVER happened on this computer that I've had for a few years. From unauthorized updates being initiated without my consent (even though I have the settings turned off), to computer resets at certain times, to many more, the persecution is real. The thing is though, through all harassment as well as the many others that I have yet to name, this only motivates me even more. You know you're on target when you're being attacked, something I've learned a very long time ago. Everything happens for a reason, the same reason why I'm still alive even after the recent years. The Good Lord, whatever/however may be, apparently desires me to push forward until decides that my purpose is served. Those who are truly aware will know/understand why I do the things that I do in the manner of which I do them. Have a blessed day to all the good/innocent folks of this world. And to the rest, the lake of fire awaits you. (Yes I know what the Bible truly is) Revelations 20:15

 Edit: No I did not plan on preemptively publishing this post at 2:16 PM. Interesting how this life works.
216 = 6 x 6 x 6 = 666 (Prophecy)
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