SDK sends events automatically even when disabled

[MartinVavrek]

Checklist

• [X ] I've updated to the latest released version of the SDK
• [ X] I've searched for existing GitHub issues
• [ X] I've looked for existing answers on Stack Overflow, the Facebook Developer Community Forum and the Facebook Developers Group
• [ X] I've read the Code of Conduct
• [ X] This issue is not security related and can safely be disclosed publicly on GitHub

Environment

• Unity Editor Version: 2020.3.23f1
• Unity SDK Version: 16.0.0 & 14.1.0
• Installation Platform & Verison: [iOS & Android] version iOS 15.7 & android 12

Goals

I would like to postpone sending events till player gives gdpr consent.

Expected Results

SDK will not send auto events right after startup.

Actual Results

SDK sends auto events after startup.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install SDK
2. setup proper app id and disable "Auto Logging App Events"
3. Build
4. run the game connected to some proxy
5. observe requests to graph.facebook.com

Code Samples & Details

This is plist generated for iOS application <key>FacebookAdvertiserIDCollectionEnabled</key> <false /> <key>FacebookAutoLogAppEventsEnabled</key> <false /> <key>FacebookAutoInitEnabled</key> <false />

Before calling FB.Init , in proxy we can see multiple requests to graph.facebook.com. Same behaviour is observed on Android as well. This was observed in 14.1 version and it is same when using 16.0

[JordiFB]

Hi @MartinVavrek, could you send us a detailed list of these requests or a log file to review these requests to graph.facebook.com?

Thank you so much in advance for your help

[MartinVavrek]

Hello @JordiFB , here are all the requests: Flow Details.txt

[JordiFB]

Hi @MartinVavrek, thank you for your report. We have resolved the issue with requests sent to Facebook before FB.init is called. Please update to the newest release of the SDK v16.0.1 to have this change applied.

[markhetheringtonmc]

We are still seeing calls to graph.facebook.com before consent. Attached is a capture of the calls before our consent dialog and before we initialize the SDK

This is with Unity SDK version 16.0.2 and Unity version 2021.3.27f1 and 2021.3.31f1

[markhetheringtonmc]

Callstack of the issue: 0 0x18c935620 [0x18c6c6000 + 2553376] CFNetwork 1 -[FBSDKURLSessionTask start] [0x100a98000 + 48160] FBSDKCoreKit_Basics 2 __55-[FBSDKURLSession executeURLRequest:completionHandler:]block_invoke [0x100a98000 + 47088] FBSDKCoreKit_Basics 3 -[FBSDKURLSession updateSessionWithBlock:] [0x100a98000 + 47312] FBSDKCoreKit_Basics 4 -[FBSDKURLSession executeURLRequest:completionHandler:] [0x100a98000 + 46808] FBSDKCoreKit_Basics 5 -[FBSDKGraphRequestConnection start] [0x1014f4000 + 167700] FBSDKCoreKit 6 -[FBSDKServerConfigurationManager loadServerConfigurationWithCompletionBlock:] [0x1014f4000 + 287412] FBSDKCoreKit 7 -[FBSDKServerConfigurationManager cachedServerConfiguration] [0x1014f4000 + 287200] FBSDKCoreKit 8 GraphRequestPiggybackManager.addServerConfigurationPiggyback(to:) [0x1014f4000 + 587964] FBSDKCoreKit 9 GraphRequestPiggybackManager.addPiggybackRequests(:) [0x1014f4000 + 586016] FBSDKCoreKit 10 @objc GraphRequestPiggybackManager.addPiggybackRequests(:) [0x1014f4000 + 589136] FBSDKCoreKit 11 -[FBSDKGraphRequestConnection start] [0x1014f4000 + 167700] FBSDKCoreKit 12 +[FBSDKGateKeeperManager loadGateKeepers:] [0x1014f4000 + 154536] FBSDKCoreKit 13 FeatureManager.check(:completionBlock:) [0x1014f4000 + 775544] FBSDKCoreKit 14 @objc FeatureManager.check(:completionBlock:) [0x1014f4000 + 776348] FBSDKCoreKit 15 ApplicationDelegate.initializeSDK(launchOptions:) [0x1014f4000 + 432812] FBSDKCoreKit 16 ApplicationDelegate.application(:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) [0x1014f4000 + 433988] FBSDKCoreKit 17 @objc ApplicationDelegate.application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) [0x1014f4000 + 447964] FBSDKCoreKit 18 -[FBUnityInterface didFinishLaunching:] [0x1080e4000 + 2070604] UnityFramework /users/myproject/iOS/Libraries/FacebookSDK/SDK/Editor/iOS/FBUnityInterface.mm:65 19 CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER [0x18b601000 + 195556] CoreFoundation 20 ___CFXRegistrationPost_block_invoke [0x18b601000 + 194024] CoreFoundation 21 _CFXRegistrationPost [0x18b601000 + 193488] CoreFoundation 22 _CFXNotificationPost [0x18b601000 + 190468] CoreFoundation 23 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] [0x18a59c000 + 178056] Foundation 24 -[UIApplication _callInitializationDelegatesWithActions:forCanvas:payload:fromOriginatingProcess:] [0x18d814000 + 2172868] UIKitCore 25 -[UIApplication _runWithMainScene:transitionContext:completion:] [0x18d814000 + 2170744] UIKitCore 26 -[_UISceneLifecycleMultiplexer completeApplicationLaunchWithFBSScene:transitionContext:] [0x18d814000 + 2170520] UIKitCore 27 _UIScenePerformActionsWithLifecycleActionMask [0x18d814000 + 1632536] UIKitCore 28 __101-[_UISceneLifecycleMultiplexer _evalTransitionToSettings:fromSettings:forceExit:withTransitionStore:]_block_invoke [0x18d814000 + 2186708] UIKitCore 29 -[_UISceneLifecycleMultiplexer _performBlock:withApplicationOfDeactivationReasons:fromReasons:] [0x18d814000 + 1289376] UIKitCore 30 -[_UISceneLifecycleMultiplexer _evalTransitionToSettings:fromSettings:forceExit:withTransitionStore:] [0x18d814000 + 1283476] UIKitCore 31 -[_UISceneLifecycleMultiplexer uiScene:transitionedFromState:withTransitionContext:] [0x18d814000 + 1282148] UIKitCore 32 __186-[_UIWindowSceneFBSSceneTransitionContextDrivenLifecycleSettingsDiffAction _performActionsForUIScene:withUpdatedFBSScene:settingsDiff:fromSettings:transitionContext:lifecycleActionType:]_block_invoke [0x18d814000 + 1281944] UIKitCore 33 +[BSAnimationSettings(UIKit) tryAnimatingWithSettings:fromCurrentState:actions:completion:] [0x18d814000 + 1281108] UIKitCore 34 _UISceneSettingsDiffActionPerformChangesWithTransitionContextAndCompletion [0x18d814000 + 1279708] UIKitCore 35 -[_UIWindowSceneFBSSceneTransitionContextDrivenLifecycleSettingsDiffAction _performActionsForUIScene:withUpdatedFBSScene:settingsDiff:fromSettings:transitionContext:lifecycleActionType:] [0x18d814000 + 1278768] UIKitCore 36 __64-[UIScene scene:didUpdateWithDiff:transitionContext:completion:]_block_invoke.225 [0x18d814000 + 4945432] UIKitCore 37 -[UIScene _emitSceneSettingsUpdateResponseForCompletion:afterSceneUpdateWork:] [0x18d814000 + 1275160] UIKitCore 38 -[UIScene scene:didUpdateWithDiff:transitionContext:completion:] [0x18d814000 + 1274732] UIKitCore 39 -[UIApplication workspace:didCreateScene:withTransitionContext:completion:] [0x18d814000 + 2433496] UIKitCore 40 -[UIApplicationSceneClientAgent scene:didInitializeWithEvent:completion:] [0x18d814000 + 2433100] UIKitCore 41 -[FBSScene _callOutQueue_didCreateWithTransitionContext:completion:] [0x1a3707000 + 59748] FrontBoardServices 42 __92-[FBSWorkspaceScenesClient createSceneWithIdentity:parameters:transitionContext:completion:]_block_invoke.108 [0x1a3707000 + 59436] FrontBoardServices 43 -[FBSWorkspace _calloutQueue_executeCalloutFromSource:withBlock:] [0x1a3707000 + 54528] FrontBoardServices 44 __92-[FBSWorkspaceScenesClient createSceneWithIdentity:parameters:transitionContext:completion:]_block_invoke [0x1a3707000 + 102912] FrontBoardServices 45 _dispatch_client_callout [0x19352b000 + 17132] libdispatch.dylib 46 _dispatch_block_invoke_direct [0x19352b000 + 31788] libdispatch.dylib 47 FBSSERIALQUEUE_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK [0x1a3707000 + 39352] FrontBoardServices 48 -[FBSMainRunLoopSerialQueue _targetQueue_performNextIfPossible] [0x1a3707000 + 39036] FrontBoardServices 49 -[FBSMainRunLoopSerialQueue _performNextFromRunLoopSource] [0x1a3707000 + 38952] FrontBoardServices 50 CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION [0x18b601000 + 228016] CoreFoundation 51 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 [0x18b601000 + 224408] CoreFoundation 52 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 [0x18b601000 + 218120] CoreFoundation 53 __CFRunLoopRun [0x18b601000 + 212732] CoreFoundation 54 CFRunLoopRunSpecific [0x18b601000 + 211896] CoreFoundation 55 GSEventRunModal [0x1ce0f6000 + 13640] GraphicsServices 56 -[UIApplication _run] [0x18d814000 + 2289540] UIKitCore 57 UIApplicationMain [0x18d814000 + 2287588] UIKitCore 58 -[UnityFramework runUIApplicationMainWithArgc:argv:] [0x1080e4000 + 97812] UnityFramework /users/myproject/iOS/Classes/main.mm:96

[markhetheringtonmc]

It seems Facebook is starting to send information on app launch finish rather than the init called from the game so is bypassing any attempt to obtain user consent first. Since this is in breach of Privacy legislation, it is an extremely high priority issue that needs immediate attention