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>which definitely doesn't read your text messages, emails and calendar Does this constitute a privacy policy?
Well, you don't have to trust me or some privacy policy. On Android you can see for yourself whether an app tries to access data such as text messages, emails or calendar. My app doesn't ask for those permissions, therefore it can't access that data.
This sucks because even if you don't have the application, you might be texting someone who does... facebook can collect that data too and build profiles of people who don't even have the app or even use facebook.
Good point. Wow, there really is no hope for private communication.
Argh...paranoia...all consuming!
I DELETED FACEBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well, you don't have to trust me or some privacy policy. On Android you can see for yourself whether an app tries to access data such as text messages, emails or calendar. My app doesn't ask for those permissions, therefore it can't access that data.
That was a joke.
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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.
App Ops X can only work with root on 4.4.x. In 4.3 it could expose the hidden options to the user without additional permissions.
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…
I just deleted mine from your comment. Thank you.
Facebook is now wrapped by Tinfoil-Facebook and Twitter is now relegated to the browser.
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If I every get Facebook notifications on my mobile phone you are authorized to shot me in the head...
Some of my friends prefer FB message to SMS for some reason or another, and use it accordingly, so push is nice for that purpose.
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This feature is nowadays called Privacy Guard and it works so well that I have it on by default for all apps. With the exception of apps that actually need to read my contacts (say WhatsApp), I have not had to disable it for any applications and haven't seen any complications. For example Facebook and Twitter apps, which require a whole rainbow of permissions, function just the way they used to. I've never made a lot…
I haven't got round to rooting my droid yet, but my plan is to always tell facebook/twitter/google+ that my current position is directly under the moon/iss/some other satilite. Or maybe I'll trace out "Hello FB" on the Atlantic ocean.
Though I don't think I'd be tracing out "Hello". Unless you speak Bronx.