anonymouslemmyJul 8, 2023

Facebook Bloatware, what actually do?

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Facebook Bloatware, what actually do? - Lemmy.world

Those three apps are often installed by default in the most of android systems. They can be easily removed with adb. But what they do exactly? What type of data they collect and send online?

Show thread🌞🌞🌞Jul 8, 2023
Uninstall the app and use the web version if that’s an option for you?
Show threadanonymouslemmy
No it’s not a Facebook frontend they are without graphical interface and they don’t need of Facebook app to work. The problem is, what they do exactly? And why Facebook need to puts 3 apps in your device and not just one?
Jul 8, 2023 at 9:37pmWeb
Show threadAb_intraJul 9, 2023
Most likely so that they can get more data.
Show threadAutumbloomJul 9, 2023
May be for this
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The practice, known as “negative testing,” allows tech companies to “surreptitiously” run down someone’s mobile juice in the name of testing features or issues such as…

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