Facebook get laid doing unexpected thing with your data point . Now it’sculling numbers from your phoneand sum up them to its on-line database to “ assist you ” find contact . Do n’t trust Facebook with your mum ’s number ? Here ’s how to fix it .
http://gawker.com/5829979/whats-facebook-doing-with-all-the-numbers-in-my-cell-phone
If you ’re syncing , Facebook ’s iPhone app will force the issue in your phone ’s contact lens single file and upload them to Facebook . While it note that these numbers are only seeable to you , Facebook has a way of , let ’s say , shifting its policies .
bad , for many user these number are already in its database , and if you ’re not comfortable with that ( and I ’m not ) you ’re get going to need to manually purge them .
First , you want to get your earphone straightened out so it does n’t sync anymore .
Using an iPhone , launch the Facebook app in your iPhone and prize Quaker . Tap the sync push on the top right and rap sync contacts . deform off syncing .
If you ’re on an Android phone , go the main carte , and penetrate on configurations . Under Other configurations , take Sync Contacts . Select Remove Facebook data .
Now you need to go to Facebook and actually purge any striking that have already sync . You should go tothis page , and select Remove . Bang . They ’re gone .
Take that , Mark .
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