It sounds like this is iOS's built-in Facebook integration that was blindly trusting Facebook's data.
FB integration isn't coming until the fall - it is currently only available in developer builds of iOS 6.
iOS6 is still in Beta. be nice to see Apple haul Facebook through the hot coals (?) for this.
anyone else think Apple and Facebook make interesting partners? They're both doing their best to get users into their own domains to the exclusion of all else
To be clear, does this affect iOS 5 address books? What if those contacts are pulled from an Exchange account? I sync contacts but thought that only went as far as photographs and putting those silly links to profiles.
iOS 5 doesn't have FB integration, so it couldn't happen directly.
I don't know if the FB app can write to your contacts (although it can read them, which caused that dust up earlier in the year). That's where the danger might be for iOS 5 users.
User = product If x service is making money off their product ( you , user) then you should really have at least some "rights". The key word being should .
Why should users have rights in this situation, other than the right to stop using the service? I understand why it would be nice if they did, but why should they? Why is it am imperative?
To be clear, does this affect iOS 5 address books? What if those contacts are pulled from an Exchange account? I sync contacts but thought that only went as far as photographs and putting those silly links to profiles.
iOS 5 doesn't have FB integration, so it couldn't happen directly. I don't know if the FB app can write to your contacts (although it can read them, which caused that dust up earlier in the year). That's where the danger might be for iOS 5 users.
The FB app can update your contact photos when your FB friends update their profile pics, I actually like that feature, it’s fun and relatively harmless.
The more important question is, what are Apple and Google doing allowing apps write access to a user's address book?? I can't believe anyone at Facebook was dumb enough to think this was a good idea. But at the same time, I can't believe some "rogue engineer" did this by accident. I'm curious to see what Facebook says about it.
It sounds like this is iOS's built-in Facebook integration that was blindly trusting Facebook's data.
iOS6's settings allow you to block individual apps from accessing your address book.
In iOS6 any app that wants to access your address book or calendar has to request permission. It's very much like how an app requests permission to send push notifications in iOS5.
User = product If x service is making money off their product ( you , user) then you should really have at least some "rights". The key word being should .
Why should users have rights in this situation, other than the right to stop using the service? I understand why it would be nice if they did, but why should they? Why is it am imperative?
It's a de facto imperative for startups looking to build loyalty, but FB is far from a startup now. They can do whatever the hell they want and get away with it... for now.
About an year ago, when the story blew up about the Facebook app sneaking through your phone contacts and adding friends numbers' to your Facebook account. I instantly deleted the Facebook app from my Android, and told my friends Facebook was clearly not reliable to have an app privilege on your phone. I called it that they would eventually do even worse, if you let them have an app in your phone. The general consens…
This is about the other side of things. Everyone who had you as a Facebook friend and does still have the app, is now sending you emails that you're possibly not receiving. The problem is worse than you make it out to be. Deleting your whole account and manually telling people your email address was the only way to prevent this.
Yes. I don't recall if it was that dust up or another one, but about a year ago I completely deleted my FB account. As noted above, because it was clear that this was a continuing pattern.
Losing emails and user dissatisfaction is just a bug. Making their email addy the primary specifically to seed everyone's contacts with it via sync-enabled apps was the feature.