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I remember the days where social networks would have a form where you entered your email details (including password) and they would log in as you and retrieve
by varispeed 6y ago
I remember the days where social networks would have a form where you entered your email details (including password) and they would log in as you and retrieve all contacts to include in the network. I was shocked. I was more shocked that I saw people actually giving up all their details... That was like 15 years ago, so probably wouldn't fly today though.
- ricardo81 6y agoI remember Facebook doing that.
- parliament32 6y agoToday, the app just request the Contacts permission on your phone and vacuums them all up that way. Every social media app does this, FB (including WhatsApp/IG), Snapchat, Linkedin, etc.
- varispeed 6y agoThis should be improved to give more granular control - for example an app would not be allowed to leak contacts outside of the phone.
- c22 6y agoI tried to link a new bank account to paypal recently and they tried to get me to let some third-party log into my bank's website on my behalf. After finding the tiny "No thanks" option (which inexplicably required running said third-party's JavaScript on my device) I was ultimately able to do it the old fashioned way but this process, as they warned, took 4 days rather than being "instantaneous." I think a lot of people are still bullied/tricked into sharing credentials with all manner of skeezy websites.
- varispeed 6y agoI saw this as well, very sketchy. I'd rather not use a feature that requires me to give out banking details - I don't think that even is allowed in bank's T&C. Probably if a 3rd party stolen your money because you give them your details, you won't be covered. I was asked this once and I refused. I'd rather enter things manually than let someone "have a peek".