[APP][MOD] [UPDATED: 10-25-2013] Facebook v3.7 without location privelages

elesbb · Dec 15, 2012

Here is the latest facebook official app with location 'feature' removed.

I am not sure if you guys who use the app know this, but facebook constantly tracks your location. There is a receiver built into the app that every time you "refresh" the app (Interval settings are found in the settings menu of Facebook) it gets your location and everything you do on Facebook, post a status, send a message, upload a photo etc, your location is added and you cannot turn it off..

So i decompiled the apk and removed all locations ability. That means, no checking in, no nearby, nothing that needs to get your location. You WILL get a forced close. I am working on trying to keep that enabled while dissabling the 'tracking' featrue. Just download, copy apk to your phones storage and use a file browser to install the APK.

Hope you guys enjoy the privacy while also enjoying the Facebook app.

DOWNLOAD: Facebook v3.7 - No Locations

Internet Guy · Dec 15, 2012

Link???

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elesbb · Dec 15, 2012

Internet Guy said:
Link???

Sent from my CleanRom'd GS3

XDA Is having an issue with uploading attachments. Not sure why i'll try again later. Sorry :/

ekowanz · Dec 16, 2012

Internet Guy said:
Link???

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Yea i love to try it...

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Michel_debs · Dec 16, 2012

Ahhhh this the reason why FB consume a more MB on my 3G ?

Michel

danlivesey · Dec 16, 2012

Good idea, but I've turned my location of and it never shows my location when posting any thing.. when I send a private message it gives me the option to turn location of.. is this the same location receiver you are disabling from the app?

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elesbb · Dec 16, 2012

Michel_debs said:
Ahhhh this the reason why FB consume a more MB on my 3G ?

Michel

This mod will possibly use a tiny bit less. But it uses so much for its Cache. So things are loaded a lot faster and what not.

danlivesey said:
Good idea, but I've turned my location of and it never shows my location when posting any thing.. when I send a private message it gives me the option to turn location of.. is this the same location receiver you are disabling from the app?

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Are you talking about turning your location off under settings of your phone? Well thats different. There is no way to turn it off in the FB app itself. You can turn off the location thing for your messages but its still secretly getting your location.

OP UPDATED WITH DL LINK TO MY DROPBOX

Sorry it took so long. XDA is giving me some security error when i try to attach anything :/

benefit14snake · Dec 16, 2012

Thanks. App is working great!

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codyrt · Dec 16, 2012

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but a good app that stops location requests for any application is LBE Security Master. It will prompt you each time an application requests to use certain permissions. You can also check a box to never allow the application to access that setting, in this case it would be location.

Just search on XDA to find it, I'm on my phone and I don't think the app is on the market.

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elesbb · Dec 16, 2012

codyrt said:
I don't mean to hijack the thread, but a good app that stops location requests for any application is LBE Security Master. It will prompt you each time an application requests to use certain permissions. You can also check a box to never allow the application to access that setting, in this case it would be location.

Just search on XDA to find it, I'm on my phone and I don't think the app is on the market.

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Whenever i tried using a third party app to block GPS to the Facebook app, it would cause the FB app to force close irregardless what you did.

I'll try the app and see what happens. Not sure how it goes about granting and denying access. In all honesty i was looking for something like this.

codyrt · Dec 16, 2012

Just don't use LBE Privacy Guard on jelly bean, it caused my phone to freeze a few minutes after turning on and then rebooted and got stuck in that loop. The only way to resolve it was to use adb and remove the apps file.

The app I mentioned in my post above doesn't seem to have any issues besides that parts of it are in Chinese.

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elesbb · Dec 17, 2012

codyrt said:
Just don't use LBE Privacy Guard on jelly bean, it caused my phone to freeze a few minutes after turning on and then rebooted and got stuck in that loop. The only way to resolve it was to use adb and remove the apps file.

The app I mentioned in my post above doesn't seem to have any issues besides that parts of it are in Chinese.

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So you confirm it works with Facebook?

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Mac of York · Dec 17, 2012

Works great so far -- subscribed to this thread -- thanks!

codyrt · Dec 17, 2012

As far as I can tell it does. When I open Facebook, LBE pops up and asks me if I want to allow Facebook to track my location. It detects whether Facebook is using location tracking through WiFi or through GPS. I have not checked to see my posts to see if location is attached to them.

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elesbb · Dec 17, 2012

codyrt said:
As far as I can tell it does. When I open Facebook, LBE pops up and asks me if I want to allow Facebook to track my location. It detects whether Facebook is using location tracking through WiFi or through GPS. I have not checked to see my posts to see if location is attached to them.

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Interesting.. I wonder if it's blocking "locationmanager.getlastknownlocation" as well. This method doesn't access any hardware. It just reads what the last location known was. Meaning if any other app has access to your GPS and gets a lock, that location is remembered and then used by above method.

I feel much more comfortable completely removing the actual physical code

no offence to your option though.

And for a thread update, I learned a new tool to help figure out what gets called where.

so I might be able to add the ability to check in as well as use "nearby" in the app. And just disable the tracking!

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codyrt · Dec 18, 2012

elesbb said:
Interesting.. I wonder if it's blocking "locationmanager.getlastknownlocation" as well. This method doesn't access any hardware. It just reads what the last location known was. Meaning if any other app has access to your GPS and gets a lock, that location is remembered and then used by above method.

I feel much more comfortable completely removing the actual physical code no offence to your option though.

And for a thread update, I learned a new tool to help figure out what gets called where. so I might be able to add the ability to check in as well as use "nearby" in the app. And just disable the tracking!

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Yeah, I'm still using your MOD too, I really don't need Facebook accessing my location so you can never be too safe about that.

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the_one_ · Dec 18, 2012

Thanks mate

awesome work!

topcaser · Dec 18, 2012

Hi, there are still some Facebook services running all the time in the background although I have deactivated all notifications. Do you know which services these are?

elesbb · Dec 19, 2012

topcaser said:
Hi, there are still some Facebook services running all the time in the background although I have deactivated all notifications. Do you know which services these are?

Sort of. I know when notifications are enabled there is a service running. Also what's your refresh interval set at? If that's not disabled then that's what the service is.

If not it may just be in "empty applications" part of androids memory manager. Meaning it's dead but still there to increase launch time. I'm running cm10 and I use the "hold back to kill" option on Facebook so mine is 100 percent gone.

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GerManiac · Dec 19, 2012

Loving this app. Great job. Finally facebook can't track me anymore. One big brother, google, is enough.

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