This past week, a couple of agencies took a peek at how Advertising Giant Facebook uses info on mobile device owners without their consent. It’s become apparent that more than a few very, very popular apps on both Android and iOS are guilty of this info sharing team-up. Using data trackers and process readers, both Privacy International and MobilSicher (mobile secure, in Germany) have provided basic lists of Facebook affiliate apps.
Apps that send information to Facebook are telling Facebook that you’re using an app. If you’re using an app that’s specifically about one sort of activity or another, Facebook can surmise what you’re doing, and adjust your advertisements served, accordingly.
iOS Apps
The most recent report from MobilSicher tested the latest versions of iOS apps. This list was last updated on the 6th of January, 2019. As such, it’s POSSIBLE some of these apps have stopped using the Facebook software package, but pretty unlikely.
The app simply called “Bible” uses Facebook’s SDK, as does Muslim Pro. The app For Diabetes, the diabetes diary – uses it too. OK Cupid sends info to Facebook when you start your app, and the following apps do, too:
iOS apps that use the Facebook SDK:
• Bible
• Muslim Pro
• For Diabetes
• OKCupid
• Curvy
• Grindr
• Tinder
• Your SPD
• Migraine Buddy
• Kwit
If you wish to continue the search, head over to MobilSicher and join the team! Searching for Android apps that share with Facebook is done vigilantly by organizations like AppCensus – now, if only someone would make a network of rated apps like that for iOS!
Android Apps
An updated Privacy International study first run in December, now again in late February 2019, showed a collection of Android apps that ran the Facebook SDK. These apps, too, share your advertiser ID and app name (each time you use the app, timed, sent to Facebook), as of March 5th, 2019.
Android apps that use the Facebook SDK:
• Calorie Counter MyFitnessPal
• Duolingo
• Family Locator GPS Tracker
• Indeed Job Search
• Instant Heart Rate
• KAYAK Flights, Hotels, and Cars
• King James Bible (KJV) Free
• Muslim Pro
• My Talking Tom
• My Talking Hank, etc
• Period Tracker Clue
• Qibla Connect
• Shazam
• Skyscanner
• Spotify
• Super-Bright LED Flashlight
• Yelp
• TripAdvisor
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