The new Hello app for Android created by Facebook provides a more detailed caller ID function, and has had an unexpected result. When a call is received or call log reviewed, the app may display the name and information of a deceased individual as the caller. This eerie result is due to the app accessing the phone numbers associated with a Facebook account, and not only the main public phone number, but private secondary numbers as well. So if a deceased individual had a family member’s number entered as a secondary number, when that living family member calls the app may display the information of the deceased individual instead.
See Damon Beres, Dead Loved Ones May Accidentally Show Up In Facebook’s New ‘Hello’ App, Huffington Post, Apr. 22, 2015.
