'Facebook takes data from my phone – but I don't have an account!'

guest · May 22, 2018

'Facebook takes data from my phone – but I don't have an account!'
Reg reader finds mobile apps can't be cut or quieted
May 22, 2018
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/22/facebook_data_leak_no_account/

[...] what happens if you don't even have an account, you can't remove the app, and the social network won't leave you alone?

One Register reader told us this week the Facebook apps on his Sprint LG handset are transmitting mysterious information in the background back to Facebook's servers, even though he doesn't have an account with the social network, isn't therefore logged in, and has repeatedly tried to turn off background data.

And the software cannot be removed without, presumably, unlocking or rooting the device.

"Since these are system apps, they can't be uninstalled. I can't even disable many of them," our reader, who wished to remain anonymous, said.
[...] If Facebook is glued into your Android phone, it will stay there, pinging Facebook, and you don't even have to use it. In fact, you don't even have to create a profile. But the data must flow.
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Palancar · May 22, 2018

Another reason I am glad to have an unlocked Pixel XL, even though its on a major carrier's network.

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