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		ambrop7 on Aug 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You Might Have an Invisible Facebook Account Even ... Anyone knows if the preinstalled FB application sends anything to FB even if you've never used it?

king_jester on Aug 13, 2013 | [–]

If you are disabling the app in the Applications menu in Settings, the process for that app will not be able launch while disabled, so FB won't be able to collect anything.

estel on Aug 12, 2013 | [–]

Theoretically it could, definitely. I don't know if anyone's done the packet sniffing for it.

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