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It’s crazy that there ever is/was an endpoint to read a user’s private messages. What exactly would ever be a good use case for that where a user would knowingl

• matt4077 8y ago
  A third-party app allowing you to chat, possibly using more than one network? C. F. email.
• pmarreck 8y ago
  Did you know that every single email you've ever sent was readable by every single mail delivery agent in between?
  • 18pfsmt 8y ago
    It is possible this random person on HN was using PGP, so I don't think it's fair to use "every single" verbiage as it is clearly hyperbole.
• pmiller2 8y ago
  Here’s one: I used to work for a company that made social media compliance software for financial companies. Agents/brokers/salespeople had to connect their FB accounts and agree to have their PMs monitored so the compliance department their home companies could monitor what they said. This was so the companies wouldn’t fall afoul of FINRA/SEC/etc. IIRC, we could see the agrnt’s half of the exchange only, and they were certainly informed of exactly what was going on. The software did other things, too, such as being able to post approved content on their behalf, but this was a core function. Their alternative was to not be able to use Facebook at all.