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It's kind of pointless, Facebook owns Whatsapp so they have all that info anyway. 'The Facebook family of companies will still receive and use this information

by Cozumel 10y ago

It's kind of pointless, Facebook owns Whatsapp so they have all that info anyway. 'The Facebook family of companies will still receive and use this information for other purposes such as improving infrastructure and delivery systems, understanding how our services or theirs are used, securing systems, and fighting spam, abuse, or infringement activities.'

0xmohit 10y ago
Exactly. Moreover, a look at the permissions required by Facebook app would reveal how much information it collects about you: Device & app history retrieve running apps Identity find accounts on the device add or remove accounts read your own contact card Calendar read calendar events plus confidential information add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge Contacts find accounts on the device read your contacts modify your contacts Location approximate location (network-based) precise location (GPS and network-based) SMS read your text messages (SMS or MMS) Phone directly call phone numbers read call log read phone status and identity write call log Photos/Media/Files read the contents of your USB storage modify or delete the contents of your USB storage Storage read the contents of your USB storage modify or delete 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 download files without notification adjust your wallpaper size receive data from Internet view network connections create accounts and set passwords read battery statistics send sticky broadcast change network connectivity connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi expand/collapse status bar full network access change your audio settings read sync settings run at startup reorder running apps set wallpaper draw over other apps control vibration prevent device from sleeping toggle sync on and off install shortcuts read Google service configuration
- quickben 10y ago
  Just out of curiosity, are there any permissions they don't try to get?
- angry_octet 10y ago
  What happens if you deny it those permissions? (Android >= v6).
  - schwuk 10y ago
    I've turned them all off and nothing has broken so far, but then again I'm a pretty passive user of Facebook.
- kobayashi 10y ago
  Anybody know which of these apply to the iOS ecosystem?
blowski 10y ago
I don't mind Facebook having access to my mobile number. I mind them mining that data and then pushing advertising to me when they said before that they _wouldn't_ do this. Quote from the announcement (https://blog.whatsapp.com/499/Facebook https://blog.whatsapp.com/499/Facebook): > And you can still count on absolutely no ads interrupting your communication. There would have been no partnership between our two companies if we had to compromise on the core principles that will always define our company, our vision and our product. Today's announcement (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37184651 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37184651): > The updated privacy policy also paves the way for businesses to send messages to WhatsApp users. Facebook has used their market dominance to restrict competition so we can't avoid advertising. I'm not normally one to get angry and start waving pitchforks, but for me, this is clearly an abuse of their monopoly.

by Cozumel 10y ago

0xmohit 10y ago

Exactly. Moreover, a look at the permissions required by Facebook app would reveal how much information it collects about you: Device & app history retrieve running apps Identity find accounts on the device add or remove accounts read your own contact card Calendar read calendar events plus confidential information add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge Contacts find accounts on the device read your contacts modify your contacts Location approximate location (network-based) precise location (GPS and network-based) SMS read your text messages (SMS or MMS) Phone directly call phone numbers read call log read phone status and identity write call log Photos/Media/Files read the contents of your USB storage modify or delete the contents of your USB storage Storage read the contents of your USB storage modify or delete 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 download files without notification adjust your wallpaper size receive data from Internet view network connections create accounts and set passwords read battery statistics send sticky broadcast change network connectivity connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi expand/collapse status bar full network access change your audio settings read sync settings run at startup reorder running apps set wallpaper draw over other apps control vibration prevent device from sleeping toggle sync on and off install shortcuts read Google service configuration

quickben 10y ago
Just out of curiosity, are there any permissions they don't try to get?
angry_octet 10y ago
What happens if you deny it those permissions? (Android >= v6).
- schwuk 10y ago
  I've turned them all off and nothing has broken so far, but then again I'm a pretty passive user of Facebook.
kobayashi 10y ago
Anybody know which of these apply to the iOS ecosystem?

blowski 10y ago

I don't mind Facebook having access to my mobile number. I mind them mining that data and then pushing advertising to me when they said before that they _wouldn't_ do this. Quote from the announcement (https://blog.whatsapp.com/499/Facebook https://blog.whatsapp.com/499/Facebook): > And you can still count on absolutely no ads interrupting your communication. There would have been no partnership between our two companies if we had to compromise on the core principles that will always define our company, our vision and our product. Today's announcement (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37184651 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37184651): > The updated privacy policy also paves the way for businesses to send messages to WhatsApp users. Facebook has used their market dominance to restrict competition so we can't avoid advertising. I'm not normally one to get angry and start waving pitchforks, but for me, this is clearly an abuse of their monopoly.