https://finance.yahoo.com/news/facebook-disputes-report-grants-phone-061829662.html

Facebook and other internet companies are grappling with a global backlash over the extent to which they hoover up and handle user data. The New York Times said the vast amounts of information shared with Apple Inc. and other phone-makers included data on users’ friends that had supposedly barred access.

post ." data-reactid="26">Facebook said it had begun dismantling pacts with device makers dating back as much as a decade -- when the social network was rarely directly installed on phones. Hardware manufacturers used Facebook’s software tools to allow their own users to access contacts or post photos to their profiles, among other things, the company said in a blog post .