[kevinnk]

> A Facebook exec's claim doesn't count as proof.

How about an official statement from Facebook itself over a year ago[1]? If it was true, people could find out by decompiling the app and make Facebook look absolutely horrible.

[1] https://newsroom.fb.com/news/h/facebook-does-not-use-your-ph...

[duozerk]

> How about an official statement from Facebook itself over a year ago

That also doesn't count as proof; it carries barely more weight than the Facebook exec's statement.

However, you're quite right about the decompiling argument. And chances are that security researchers have done just that.

[kevinnk]

It's one thing to lie, it's another thing to lie about something that could easily be found out and possibly get them sued. The risk/reward ratio seems way too high for Facebook to lie (unless they were forced to.) That's obviously not proof, but it seems like pretty strong evidence.