I don't want to be a FB apologist (I uninstalled fb/messenger because of all this), but the text of the prompt seems relatively clear: > Continuously upload in

I don't want to be a FB apologist (I uninstalled fb/messenger because of all this), but the text of the prompt seems relatively clear: > Continuously upload info about your contacts like phone numbers and nicknames, and your call and text history. This lets friends find each other on Facebook and helps us create a better experience for everyone. https://fbnewsroomus.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/opt-in_screen.png https://fbnewsroomus.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/opt-in_scre... Granted, those six words are tacked on the end of a sentence, and given the intrusiveness of the feature should probably have been called out in its own opt-in dialog with its own switch. But it's not like they asked for contact access and turned around and used it for something else.