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Why Does Facebook Need To Read My Text Messages?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @05:54AM from the is-facebook-played-by-scarlett-johansson? dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "Facebook updates its Android app quite a lot, but the latest version asks for some rather odd permissions. Rolling out in the UK this week, some users have noticed that it now wants permission to read your text messages. While most suspected Facebook wanted to access the data to try and serve you more targeted ads, Facebook says it is only so it can facilitate two-factor authentication...apparently."

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Re:The bigger issue... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-28 06:14 · Score: 0, Troll

I had to go get Facebook, since I live on this planet, and have friends who use it to coordinate, you know, life. ...but at least I had a choice.
Er, you have a rather funny way of defining choice there buddy. Good luck with the wool fitting. Remember it just needs to cover your eyes just enough so you don't have a desire to lift it.
Re:Actually one of my beefs by thetoadwarrior · 2014-01-28 06:28 · Score: -1, Troll

Let me get this, the "geek" OS Android doesn't offer fine granularity over controls because it's confusing. However the "idiots" OS iOS handles it just fine and no one has a problem with it. Either android users aren't the tech wizzes they think they are or Google simply doesn't want that. I know which one I'd bet on it being.