Facebook Messenger = Bad

[shayned1997]

http://jackontheweb.cbslocal.com/2014/08/08/if-you-havent-deleted-your-facebook-messenger-app-you-should/

[Toddwjp]

facebook = bad

[hmminteresting]

http://jackontheweb.cbslocal.com/2014/08/08/if-you-havent-deleted-your-facebook-messenger-app-you-should/

Old news man

[werto165]

Change the state of network connectivity

Call phone numbers and send SMS messages

Record audio, and take pictures and video at any time

Read your phone’s call log, including info about incoming and outgoing calls

Read your contact data, including who you call and email and how often

Read personal profile information stored on your device

Get a list of accounts known by phone 

pretty much all apps are like this nowadays 

[Sharkyx1]

Seriously what are all the complaints about, the app is over a year old at this point and as soon as it came out i deleted facebook off my phone so all i had was messenger, its the only part of facebook i use

[ttam]

http://jackontheweb.cbslocal.com/2014/08/08/if-you-havent-deleted-your-facebook-messenger-app-you-should/

 

 

Change the state of network connectivity

Call phone numbers and send SMS messages

Record audio, and take pictures and video at any time

Read your phone’s call log, including info about incoming and outgoing calls

Read your contact data, including who you call and email and how often

Read personal profile information stored on your device

Get a list of accounts known by phone 

pretty much all apps are like this nowadays 

Pretty much. In the app world, the app needs permission to do these things.

It doesn't do it by itself.. You are controlling it by using its features.

 

It's essentially the same

You hand your phone to your mom

Your mom wants to call your dad

Your mom says son, can I call your dad (these are the permissions)

Your mom calls your dad.

 

It took permission to do so.

[MangoJuiceStain]

Oh well, too late now. I use it to talk with friends all the time.

[harrynowl]

This news post = bad

 

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[werto165]

Pretty much. In the app world, the app needs permission to do these things.

It doesn't do it by itself.. You are controlling it by using its features.

Well some games ive downloaded in the past have asked for camera and it doesnt even use it.  I don't know why they do it 

[ttam]

Well some games ive downloaded in the past have asked for camera and it doesnt even use it.  I don't know why they do it 

Sometimes features get removed and left in permissions. I'd never worry about them from a reputable source.

[ACatWithThumbs]

 

pretty much all apps are like this nowadays 

This^

Almost every app does the same but the Facebook messenger actually needs the access for functions of the app.

You can call so it needs access to the microphone.

You can send pictures and media files so it also needs access to them.

You can make pictures in the app so they also need camera access.

And the list goes on and on.

 

[Heisenbleurgh]

Really, the Facebook app allows you to upload video, images and text recordings as you do these instead of recording them and then uploading them. They'll need access to your camera and microphone for this. Kills the middleman. You can make calls through it now. Checking your contacts is an old feature to "help you connect with people you know" and every single account does this. Add your phone number to Skype and anyone who has you as a contact has your phone number on their phone the moment they log in from it.

 

Not gonna argue about the fact that apps in general have a lot of permissions now and even though they could be used for unethical behavior from Facebook (or whichever company) it's not that hard to see why some of these permissions are needed.

[Wint3rSh0ck]

Next thing people will lose their shit about is the camera app accessing the camera or the phone app accessing your contacts. When this was huge I made a list of Apps on my phone that had the same permissions.

List of Apps That Can Access Your Camera and Microphone

[ ] Angry Birds: Star Wars 2 and Go! (camera only)

[ ] Stock camera app

[ ] Google Chrome

[ ] Dialer (camera only)

[ ] Facebook

[ ] Google Play services

[ ] Google +

[ ] Google Hangouts

[ ] Google Keep (microphone only)

[ ] Messenger

[ ] Phone

[ ] Screencast (CM 11s exclusive)

[ ] Shazam (microphone only)

[ ] SIM Toolkit (microphone only)

[ ] Snapchat

[ ] Sound Recorder (microphone only)

[ ] Android System UI

[ ] Ultimate Guitar Tabs (microphone only)

[ ] CM11s Torch App (camera only)

[ ] YouTube (camera only)

[SpaceCore]

guys.

 

what if we hijack the app. then use the already pre-existing code as reference. so we can make the services do our bidding?

 

would be cool.

[jrfox87]

The permissions are all fine really and loads of apps use the same ones including apps that come on every phone. The wording used just makes them sound scary to those that don't understand them.

[XTankSlayerX]

Oh noes, Facebook is stealing my information

 

Its not like the government or other big companies already have that info.

[Stefan Becker]

What are they? High?! EVERY app today is like this. We cannot just go and delete all apps - there are actually some of them, we need. I mean, look at Swiftkey - it has access to ALL of your passwords, but no one has a problem with it.

[SpaceCore]

"it's ok because everyone is doing it"  :lol:

 

some guys will have fun wrecking phone security.. as long as the masses accept it because, well.. "everyone is doing it"  :lol:

[StingBull]

Facebook=Bad=Noshit

[Ethnod]

This is not news, its not new, so many apps are like this one (especially, but not exclusively, the free ones) and bar none this is the worst News post I have seen tbh

[yomama362]

I remember something about this app months ago about its insane permissions. 

[dalekphalm]

http://jackontheweb.cbslocal.com/2014/08/08/if-you-havent-deleted-your-facebook-messenger-app-you-should/

Hi, welcome to the forums. I see that you're not especially new (over 200 posts), therefore you should know the News posting guidelines. If you need a refresher, see the post by @harrynowl on the first page of this thread.

 

Please include a quoted highlight from the link (make sure that you format it using the quote tag), and also include your own thoughts or opinion on the matter. If we just wanted to see a link and click on it, we'd go directly to the news site.

 

This news post = bad

Agreed

 

Anyway back on topic, as "scary" as this sounds, this is pretty much status quo for mobile apps that have a messaging/text/voice/video feature.

[Victorious Secret]

Facebook Messenger asks you to take your data = bitching.

 

Google straight up takes it without any care for you = Not a problem? 

You guys....

[dalekphalm]

Facebook Messenger asks you to take your data = bitching.

 

Google straight up takes it without any care for you = Not a problem? 

You guys....

Yup. It's kind of hilarious. They'll generally respond with "Oh but Google doesn't care what I write in my emails!"

 

And you think Facebook cares any more or less? All either company wants is data mining for their advertisement engines. Neither gives a shit about your personal details.

 

I would say we should be very concerned about this kind of behaviour from any company, but it's become standard for Mobile Apps to request that kind of info, so I fear it's far too late to change the practice.

[Nomelas]

People are still talking about this? This went viral like a month or more ago when facebook forced people to use the messenger app to chat instead of the fb app and it's complete bs.

 

Yeah the app needs those permissions but guess what, so do 90% of other apps you install.