Facebook updating for Android

For the past few days users are seeing a transfer notification for a replacement Facebook build (140579 or 141046). The notification would stand still for several of us, and reboots or battery pulls simply caused another notification and stuck transfer. the entire issue just about acted sort of a gawky, unprofessional malware attack.

It's not. The update is legit, and from Facebook. they're pushing out AN update outside of the Play Store (which may be a direct violation of the developer agreement, by the way) to some users to check new options. If you have got the setting checked to permit installations from unknown sources (sideloading) you may have seen this. you furthermore mght would possibly still be stuck wiggling with the notification that will not get away. to mend that, attach with some wireless fidelity -- Facebook will not transfer the update whereas you are mistreatment your information affiliation.

Let's ignore that Facebook is also breaching their developer agreement. Lets additionally ignore that they're wordlessly pushing software package to a users phone, once that user is unaware and did not fire it. We'll additionally overlook the means Facebook thinks all wireless fidelity is free and unlimited. however we won't overlook the very fact that they let this continue for 3 days and still haven't denote alittle one thing to their web log or born alittle promotion within the Google Play app description to let the users -- you recognize, those WHO ar disquieted what the hell this pretend Facebook transfer is doing -- apprehend what was occurring......