Comments on: How To Sync Facebook Friends With iPhone Contacts

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:13:00 +0000

Great tutorial
Here is another one

Worked great for me

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:16:00 +0000

Hi Richard – so where on Facebook does it store all of my contacts information, especially those that do not have profiles?

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:01:00 +0000

No. It is actually sending all contact information from your iPhone to facebook. This includes information on contacts that do not have facebook profiles eg. non listed phonenumbers.

By: Tex

Tex — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:57:35 +0000

No, clearly, almost all of you missed the point. The point is that you will be sharing all of your iPhone contact details with Facebook. That includes many contacts that you never gave Facebook before, plus many details on contacts that Facebook was previously not privy to. Facebook can then store the information indefinitely, using in whatever way they please, as long as it abides by their current privacy agreement.

Facebook should not be doing this! More than half of my iPhone contacts are not in Facebook, and I'm sure they would not be happy with me sharing all their personal contact info from my address book with Facebook!

Instead, the app should gather contacts, determine which ones match ones in your friends list, and download details for those contacts from Facebook, without sharing your entire private contact list with Facebook.

This is inexcusable. Shame on you Facebook.

By: Robert Holland

Robert Holland — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:01:42 +0000

In reply to javi. Hi Javi - good point. People underestimate the extent to which sites like Facebook go to protect people's privacy. With Facebook syncing with the iPhpne contacts, it's only syncing information that you shared in the first place on your public profile.

By: javi

javi — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:49:48 +0000

i don't understand his point.. does he really think he's that important that facebook is going to use his friends contact for anything? let alone something malicious? :)
damn old people and their privacy "concerns"

By: javi

javi — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:49:00 +0000

By: Robert Holland

Robert Holland — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:27:22 +0000

In reply to matt.

Hi Matt – it actually only grabs data that is shared at the public level from Facebook.

But I understand your point nonetheless…

By: matt

matt — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:44:51 +0000

i would never do this…i do not trust facebook with my family/friends personal contact info. period.