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I'm still sticking with the website version, thanks https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.orca&hl=en_GB https://play.google.com/store/apps
by SixSigma 10y ago
I'm still sticking with the website version, thanks
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.orca&hl=en_GB https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.o...
Messenger, Facebook
This app has access to:
Identity
find accounts on the device
read your own contact card
add or remove accounts
Contacts
find accounts on the device
read your contacts
modify your contacts
Location
precise location (GPS and network-based)
approximate location (network-based)
SMS
edit your text messages (SMS or MMS)
receive text messages (SMS)
send SMS messages
read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
receive text messages (MMS)
Phone
read phone status and identity
read call log
directly call phone numbers
reroute outgoing calls
Photos / Media / Files
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
read the contents of your USB storage
Storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
read the contents of your USB storage
Camera
take pictures and videos
Microphone
record audio
Wi-Fi connection information
view Wi-Fi connections
Device ID & call information
read phone status and identity
Other
receive data from Internet
download files without notification
control vibration
run at startup
draw over other apps
pair with Bluetooth devices
send sticky broadcast
create accounts and set passwords
change network connectivity
prevent device from sleeping
install shortcuts
read battery statistics
read sync settings
toggle sync on and off
read Google service configuration
view network connections
change your audio settings
full network access
- ffggvv 10y agoWhy are you using Facebook in the first place? I thought the HN valued their privacy. Try https://hubzilla.site https://hubzilla.site instead.
- StavrosK 10y agoI use Swipe for Facebook ever since they got rid of messages. It needs no permission, and while the experience can't be as good as Messenger, it will at least let me reply to the occasional message I receive. I don't want to be encouraging Facebook's user-hostile moves, so I'll stop using messages completely if they make my life hard enough, but Swipe is a nice stopgap.
- xufi 10y agoCoupled with how buggy its been on the iPhone platform since i got my phone I don't use it at all
- ianlevesque 10y agoThe situation is considerably better on Marshmallow because the app only prompts for permission for the extra features right before they are used - and many of those never will be. The app covers a lot of functionality (too much?).
- em3rgent0rdr 10y agoprotip: setup a separate google account on your android which you only use for facebook messenger.