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I'm seriously considering only using facebook on my phone.



Your phone is where FB gets all your friends' phone numbers from whether any of you like it or not!


That's not true; there is a very, very specific alert shown before Facebook accesses any phone numbers. I'm not making this up, it's just how it works. Facebook does not get anything "whether you like it or not". They get the information if you specifically allow it, and only if you try to enable the Sync feature.

Hell, here's a screenshot if you don't believe me: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/6-blog-pics/iphone-facebook-syn...


Information leakage is much more difficult to prevent on your phone than in a browser.




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