Okay!! Read this for once..#Facebook #Messenger Enough of the Facebook Messenger permission posts, GEEZ!!! The app is not violating you, going through your contact list to spy on you, nor is it listening to you without your permission. Ive seen a ton of posts saying that they arent going to install because of misinformation they hear of or receive from people who have not even the slightest clue. Leave it to the Subject matter experts to give you some guidance. Id be the first to say something here about the outrageous policies and violations if Facebook was in fact committing such atrocities against you. Sorry to let you down, but its just normal app permissions, nothing more. Well go indepth with every single permission and I would hope you would further understand and I hope you become more enlightened as we go through 1. Change the state of network connectivity – This means that Facebook can change or alter your connection to the Internet or cell service. You’re basically giving Facebook the ability to turn features on your phone on and off for its own reasons without telling you. WRONG!!! (1) Truth--- View the state of the network...What it does: What it’s for: It allows apps to check for cellular network connections, including Wi-Fi. Apps require network connectivity to download updates or connect to a server or site. 2. Call phone numbers and send SMS messages – This means that if Facebook wants to…it can send text messages to your contacts on your behalf. Do you see the trouble in this? Who is Facebook to be able to access and send messages on your phone? You’re basically giving a stranger your phone and telling them to do what they want when they want! WRONG!!! (2) Truth---Because Facebook messenger can call people. Or, rather, it can initiate a call. If someone has given Facebook their phone number, youll be able to call them through this app. At the same time, the app has the ability to see what your phone number is. Facebook Messenger uses an SMS to confirm your phone number when you decide to give it to Facebook. Note how that works in conjunction with the read phone identity permission above. Facebook Messenger also allows you to send a text message or MMS to someone who isnt yet on Messenger. (You have to give it access to your contacts, though, for that to work.) 3. Record audio, and take pictures and videos, at any time – Read that line again….RECORD audio…TAKE pictures….AT ANY TIME!! That means that the folks at Facebook can see through your lens on your phone whenever they want...they can listen to what you’re saying via your microphone if they choose to!! WRONG!! (3) Why this permission: Pictures and video: Facebook Messenger can use the camera to ... wait for it ... take a picture or shoot video. Why this permission: Facebook Messenger can use your microphone to ... wait for it ... record a message to send to a friend. Or make phone calls. 4. Read your phone’s call log, including info about incoming and outgoing calls – Who have you been calling? How long did you talk to them? Now Facebook will know all of this because you’ve downloaded the new Facebook messenger app. WRONG!!! (4) Why these permissions: Facebook Messenger is a messenger app, and it has the ability to sync up with your phone contacts. (Thats a separate process altogether, but it still has to declare the permission up front if its going to do any of it from your phone.) 5. Read your contact data, including who you call and email and how often – Another clear violation of your privacy. Now Facebook will be able to read e-mails you’ve sent and take information from them to use for their own gain. Whether it’s for “personalized advertisements” or if it’s for “research purposes” ….whatever the reason...they’re accessing your private encounters. WRONG!!! (5)Why these permissions: Facebook Messenger is a messenger app, and it has the ability to sync up with your phone contacts. (Thats a separate process altogether, but it still has to declare the permission up front if its going to do any of it from your phone.) 6.Read personal profile information stored on your device – This means that if you have addresses, personal info, pictures or anything else that’s near and dear to your personal life…they can read it. WRONG!!! (6) Why these permissions: Facebook Messenger is a Facebook app. And you know how youre able to use your Facebook account to sign into other things. And if you look in the main accounts settings on your device, youll see the Facebook service listed here. Thus, the permission. 7. Get a list of accounts known by the phone, or other apps you use – Facebook will now have a tally of all the apps you use, how often you use them and what information you keep or exchange on those apps. WRONG!!! (7) What it’s for: It lets apps identify currently or recently running tasks and the processes running for each one and which gets an allotted memory and more CPU cycles and preference. The app is okay to install, stop, think and maybe ask someone who knows this stuff for once. Done for now! Hope this helps someone out there, Have a great day! Branden Bartrug
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:18:04 +0000
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