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They didn't really withdraw it, they just hid it better. I downloaded App Ops X and it still works fine on 4.4.whatever.
Do you have a link to the google play store? I tried to find it and couldn't. I would love to download it.
The main reason I rooted my Android phone is to run AppOps 4.3/4.4. I can revoke permissions from apps, just like the one in the linked article. This should be a standard part of Android, in my opinion. The app, for those curious (I have no affiliation with it): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger... My favorite permissions to revoke are: Wake lock, Location, Read contacts. As a result, I get…
What does revoking the wake lock do, both to the app and the phone?
At this point I'm running at least 2 versions behind on the facebook app. I didn't install it last time it asked me to allow it to "Send emails to guests [of events] without host's knowledge" among other things. I see now that they also want to be able to connect and disconnect from WiFi. The Facebook app is probably the fastest way to find a list of all permissions in the Android system. "Draw over other apps", "Rea…
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Err, yes, but on any modern version of Android, Google Hangouts is the SMS app - so I thing that's a bit of a red herring, and completely unrelated.
> Google Hangouts is the SMS app What do you mean by that? It asked me if I want it to handle my sms, I said no. It asked me again when I updated to 4.4, I said no again. I can (and will) keep saying no...
This 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…
You can't just peek into the entirety of user's SMS and justify it's for the security of your users.
At least put an option to give users a choice and not force them to have their their SMS read in the name of innovation, or explain why you read them and that need just that one SMS.
The title of this thread should be modified with the addition of: "if you use an Android phone."
Is 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?