The title of this thread should be modified with the addition of: "if you use an Android phone."
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Facebook can now read your texts
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#42OH-MY-GOD! - Facebook is snooping around my "Private" data - this is NEWS to me!!!
+ it's Android (Linux's one SHAME!), which is known for keeping Privacy.
PS if you're on Facebook in the first place you can't complain about this kind of stuff
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#43I noticed they pushed an update to the iOS app too, but those permissions weren't mentioned in the update log. Anyone know if they claim the same access in iOS? There's no granular permissions in the iOS Privacy section to control access to messages.
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#44Is it possible for another app to interface with facebooks chat or do they prevent this? I remember there used to be chat apps for pc that could do MSN, AIM, Yahoo and a bunch of others.
You can just interface with Facebook chat using the Jabber protocol https://developers.facebook.com/docs/chat/
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#46Is there any recourse short of "don't use the app" that regular users have against this sort of thing? Is there no meaningful way to push back against Facebook for demanding this permission?
I uninstalled the app and put a bookmark to the mobile site on my homescreen instead (like the old days before app stores). It's slightly slower, but on a Nexus 4, it's still fast enough I don't mind. They've improved the mobile interface since the early iPhone days.
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#47This has been a thing for about a month and a bit now. A Facebook engineer posted the following on Reddit[0], explaining the rationale behind the SMS permission: > As for the READ_SMS permission, we require that so we can automatically intercept login approvals SMS messages for people that have turned 2-factor authentication for their accounts, or for phone confirmation messages when you add a phone number to your Fa…
The problem with this is that although it's likely true, there is no guarantee that what is done with that permission will not expand in the future.
e.g. Given the explanation that it's only for 2-factor authentication, I accept and install. When the next version is released (which does more with that permission), I see no new permissions required and install.
ericcumbee's suggestion of sending a URI makes much more sense to me. A per-request permissions model would likely need to include a "yes to all" checkbox, which would be checked in short order by the vast majority of users.
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#48I noticed they pushed an update to the iOS app too, but those permissions weren't mentioned in the update log. Anyone know if they claim the same access in iOS? There's no granular permissions in the iOS Privacy section to control access to messages.
iOS apps can't access messages.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure would be nice if someone would jailbreak the iPhone, so we could have these sorts of options in our little walled-gardens too.
Can't you already disable access to Contact, Calendar, Reminders, location, etc per app on the iPhone?
It's not without its own faults (and it used to have some huge gaps, such as address book access), but the iOS privacy model is simply a more user-centered paradigm than on Android.
Android apps ask you if you want to update to the new version or stick with the old one indefinitely; privacy settings are non-negotiable. iOS apps ask you as they go: If iOS had an SMS API, Facebook wouldn't need to ask you until you enabled two-factor authentication (assuming that's all they use it for). And you could turn it back off later if you weren't comfortable leaving it on.
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#50Is there any recourse short of "don't use the app" that regular users have against this sort of thing? Is there no meaningful way to push back against Facebook for demanding this permission?
I uninstalled the app and put a bookmark to the mobile site on my homescreen instead (like the old days before app stores). It's slightly slower, but on a Nexus 4, it's still fast enough I don't mind. They've improved the mobile interface since the early iPhone days.
This FB app is what you're looking for: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco...