The following article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/20/facebook_whatsapp_19bn_buy_also_45_for_your_phonebook/ explains the likely reason that Facebook has paid $19B to acquire WhatsApp (a contacts/chat app). Wait, Facebook already has a chat feature why spend so much on something that they already have. Or do they? Apparently, Facebook does not yet have all of your phone numbers or those of all your contacts and they want them. WhatsApp will give this to them by rifling through your address book.
Beneath the covers Facebook will replace their chat service, they'll post yet another policy update that few of us will read or try to understand, we'll simply press "ok" and continue to use Facebook. No they won't you say. Yeah, they already did change their policy last July making it acceptable to siphon your phone number off of your mobile device. This change will let them go through your entire address book.
Why do we mention this? Well, Secure Spaces is the ideal solution to this blatant affront to your privacy. With Secure Spaces you can place the nosey Facebook app into a "personal" Space that has nothing else in it, except maybe some other nosey apps. It will run perfectly well with access to an empty address book in that Space. Take back control of your personal data!
http://www.securespaces.com
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