Apart from being known to drain the battery,Facebook’s mobile app reportedly “drains” a lot more from Android phones.
According to a report published by the U.K.’s Register nowadays, Facebook collects data on non-users, and then transmits it to the social network’s servers.
In other words,you don’t need to have a Facebook account in order to have your data mined by Mark Zuckerberg’s company.
The app, which comes pre-installed on many Android phones, or collects and transmits data itself. What’s more,according to The Register, it is impossible to turn off background data or uninstall Facebook’s app.“I don’t have, or have never had,a Facebook account,” The Register‘s tipster, and who wished to remain anonymous,said. Still, the fact that he has never had a Facebook account, or doesn’t seem to have stopped the social network from mining his data.
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Source: inquisitr.com