Facebook fixes Android app that leaks users ' phone numbers 5 : 09AM
GMA News
Social networking giant Facebook on Saturday (Philippine time) said it will be rolling out a fix to users of its Android app, after being informed the app leaks the users' phone numbers. A report on tech site The Next Web said security vendor Symantec ...
See all stories on this topic »Flipboard iOS, Android apps updated with support for Instagram videos
Tech2
You can now view Instagram videos on your Flipboard iOS and Android apps, reports The Next Web. The social-network aggregator confirmed the news to the website. The ability to view videos on Instagram was introduced at a recent Facebook event and ...
See all stories on this topic »Android Apps of the Week: WiFiKill Downloader, Imgur, and More
Gizmodo
This week was a little light on Android app quantity, but the quality of the ones we do have for you is pretty fantastic. Perhaps not entirely, well, 100% ethical in a certain WiFiKiller's case—but fantastic nonetheless.
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The Next Web
Earlier this week, security firm Symantec discovered Facebook for Android leaks its users' phone numbers, sending them back to the company. For its part, Facebook told TNW it has addressed the issue in a recent beta release and will be rolling out the ...
See all stories on this topic »Norton: Android app skips consent, gives Facebook servers user phone numbers
ZDNet
Problematically, many Android phones come with the application pre-installed and in many instances the app takes a degree of technical skill to remove. The app only needs to be launched accidentally to send the Android user's phone number to Facebook's ...
See all stories on this topic »The best Android apps to use with Feedly
Phandroid.com
We've beaten the point into the ground with a sledgehammer by now, but in case you've forgotten we'll give you one last warning — Google Reader is dying on Monday. When you wake up and click your Reader bookmark, it will send you into a sea of ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook Android app leaks your phone number
The Full Signal
The Facebook Android app will automatically send your phone number to the social network's servers and this happens even without you explicity providing it. The news comes via Symantec, which notes that hundreds of millions of people have downloaded ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook's Android app snags your mobile number the moment you launch it
InfoWorld
If you've ever simply launched the Facebook app on your Android smartphone, Facebook may have collected your phone number, according to an alert from Symantec. This marks the second time in two weeks that a security company has cited the social ...
See all stories on this topic »Norton app for Android flags Facebook app for privacy breach
Afterdawn.com
The latest version of Norton Mobile Security for Android contains the new Norton Mobile Insight technology, which has analysed over 4 million Android apps and processes tens of thousands of new apps every day. Mobile Insight is able to automatically ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook Android App Collects Phone Numbers Without Permission -- Even ...
Huffington Post
Facebook has been inadvertently collecting phone numbers belonging to people who download the site's Android application -- even if they aren't members of the social network, don't ever sign into the app or don't explicitly share their cell phone number.
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GMA News
Social networking giant Facebook on Saturday (Philippine time) said it will be rolling out a fix to users of its Android app, after being informed the app leaks the users' phone numbers. A report on tech site The Next Web said security vendor Symantec ...
See all stories on this topic »Flipboard iOS, Android apps updated with support for Instagram videos
Tech2
You can now view Instagram videos on your Flipboard iOS and Android apps, reports The Next Web. The social-network aggregator confirmed the news to the website. The ability to view videos on Instagram was introduced at a recent Facebook event and ...
See all stories on this topic »Android Apps of the Week: WiFiKill Downloader, Imgur, and More
Gizmodo
This week was a little light on Android app quantity, but the quality of the ones we do have for you is pretty fantastic. Perhaps not entirely, well, 100% ethical in a certain WiFiKiller's case—but fantastic nonetheless.
See all stories on this topic »Use ← → keys to navigate
The Next Web
Earlier this week, security firm Symantec discovered Facebook for Android leaks its users' phone numbers, sending them back to the company. For its part, Facebook told TNW it has addressed the issue in a recent beta release and will be rolling out the ...
See all stories on this topic »Norton: Android app skips consent, gives Facebook servers user phone numbers
ZDNet
Problematically, many Android phones come with the application pre-installed and in many instances the app takes a degree of technical skill to remove. The app only needs to be launched accidentally to send the Android user's phone number to Facebook's ...
See all stories on this topic »The best Android apps to use with Feedly
Phandroid.com
We've beaten the point into the ground with a sledgehammer by now, but in case you've forgotten we'll give you one last warning — Google Reader is dying on Monday. When you wake up and click your Reader bookmark, it will send you into a sea of ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook Android app leaks your phone number
The Full Signal
The Facebook Android app will automatically send your phone number to the social network's servers and this happens even without you explicity providing it. The news comes via Symantec, which notes that hundreds of millions of people have downloaded ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook's Android app snags your mobile number the moment you launch it
InfoWorld
If you've ever simply launched the Facebook app on your Android smartphone, Facebook may have collected your phone number, according to an alert from Symantec. This marks the second time in two weeks that a security company has cited the social ...
See all stories on this topic »Norton app for Android flags Facebook app for privacy breach
Afterdawn.com
The latest version of Norton Mobile Security for Android contains the new Norton Mobile Insight technology, which has analysed over 4 million Android apps and processes tens of thousands of new apps every day. Mobile Insight is able to automatically ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook Android App Collects Phone Numbers Without Permission -- Even ...
Huffington Post
Facebook has been inadvertently collecting phone numbers belonging to people who download the site's Android application -- even if they aren't members of the social network, don't ever sign into the app or don't explicitly share their cell phone number.
See all stories on this topic »