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by muyuu 4912 days ago
> The app wants permission to see his contacts, and he

> grants it. Maybe he's not paying attention, maybe there's

> a useful feature that needs his contacts, maybe the

> software asks the phone for permission, and the phone

> allows it without asking Bob. Whatever. Facebook now

> knows Alice's phone number.

IIRC the app simply doesn't install if you don't grant the permissions.

Facebook doesn't find my real friends. Well, the phone I have attached is a prepaid card I haven't given to anyone and I have no real friends in my phony FB account, so I guess there's no way they can find me.

If I had an account with real data I wouldn't link my phone to it. Not any phone that my real connections know.