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Post by Mayleng on Aug 12, 2011 10:03:16 GMT -5
URGENT: THE PHONE NUMBERS OF YOUR CONTACTS IN YOUR CELL PHONE ARE NOW ON FACEBOOK! Go to the top right of the screen, click "Account", click on "Edit Friends", left side of the screen click "Contacts". All of the number from your phone (FB friends or not) are published! Anyone can get this information! TO REMOVE - (first you need to turn off the sync contacts on your cell phones - all smart phones) go to the right side of the published phone page, click "This Page" and delete it
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Post by healthy11 on Aug 12, 2011 10:14:35 GMT -5
HOW do they get your cell # in the first place, if you haven't listed it in your profile? (I realize this article says they can "farm" it out of other people's phone contact lists, if those "friends" haven't got the same privacy settings)
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Post by Mayleng on Aug 12, 2011 10:22:43 GMT -5
If your smart phone has the FB app, you can sync you phone contacts to your FB contacts. That is how they get your numbers. To stop this, one will have to turn off the sync feature on your smart phone first, than delete that contact page on FB.
I hate it when they do things like that.
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Post by dhfl143 on Aug 15, 2011 22:08:44 GMT -5
Ugh!!!! thanks for the headsup.
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Post by michellea on Aug 16, 2011 19:04:03 GMT -5
How do you turn off the sync feature on the I phone? This is so annoying and complicated.
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Post by Mayleng on Aug 17, 2011 13:05:20 GMT -5
I thought I turned mine off too, and it still synced after and put the stupid contacts list up again. However, only you can see your own contact list.
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Post by majorv on Aug 19, 2011 12:29:22 GMT -5
I checked and I'm safe. I never set up my phone to sync with FB contacts. I also never put my phone number in my profile. I like FB but I don't trust it!
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