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Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:37 am
by dreamizm
All phone numbers from your phone are now on facebook! TO REMOVE: at top right of the screen, click on ACCOUNT, click on EDIT FRIENDS. Then on the left side of screen, click CONTACTS. You will see that all the phone numbers from your cell phone (FB friends or not) are published. Go to the right screen and click on "this page", then hit REMOVE. Repost this on your status, so your friends can remove their (your) numbers and thus prevent abuse.
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:55 am
by brettheaslewood
far too cheeky.
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:55 am
by gwa
so 2008...
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:57 am
by gorillabearbear
yeah. I don't even have a phone any more yet they can pull my contacts? Absolutely not on.
edit: ugh I'm being stupid - doesn't have phone contacts, just numbers for people on my friends list who put their numbers on facebook.
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:59 am
by brettheaslewood
[went to type something,couldn't be arsed, accidently hit sumbit 
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Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:00 pm
by cityzen
What?! How does that even work? I'm assuming this is only when you use FB on one of those new fancy phones.
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:07 pm
by particle-jim
cityzen wrote:What?! How does that even work? I'm assuming this is only when you use FB on one of those new fancy phones.
no, it displayed literally all of my 'friends' numbers... every single one of them
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:12 pm
by finji
that's cos people voluntarily put their numbers up there...
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:14 pm
by kingldub
finji wrote:that's cos people voluntarily put their numbers up there...
If you have ever logged into facebook from your mobile it will have your number.
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:16 pm
by cityzen
finji wrote:that's cos people voluntarily put their numbers up there...
Is this the only way FB has numbers?
Someone help an old luddite to understand, I mean FB can't just magic people's numbers out of mid air...?
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:17 pm
by Basstronomer
kingldub wrote:finji wrote:that's cos people voluntarily put their numbers up there...
If you have ever logged into facebook from your mobile it will have your number.
Jokes.
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:20 pm
by kingldub
djekos wrote:kingldub wrote:finji wrote:that's cos people voluntarily put their numbers up there...
If you have ever logged into facebook from your mobile it will have your number.
Jokes.
How so?
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:22 pm
by faust.dtc
Post this status if you have had your phone number put on Facebook, have cancer or know somebody who knows somebody who has cancer. 98% of you wont, the other 2% will believe any old bullshit.
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:24 pm
by finji
^ l0l omg re-posted/reblogged x1000
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:32 pm
by Mr Hyde
on my facebook the only phone numbers listed are from people that had put their phone numbers on their info bit
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:34 pm
by faust.dtc
Mr Hyde wrote:on my facebook the only phone numbers listed are from people that had put their phone numbers on their info bit
Exactly...
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:40 pm
by volcanogeorge
Jesus facebook had my home phone number.
NO THANKS
i wonder if they're sneakily selling numbers to marketers...
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:19 pm
by dreamizm
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Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:25 pm
by badger
i've never put my phone number onto facebook and all of a sudden it's listed on my profile and i had quite a few people's numbers in that contacts section
fuckers
Re: Facebook has just ripped all your mobile phone contacts
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:29 pm
by J__J_90
thanks for the heads up
