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Since Facebook is pulling from the camera roll, not posting is not an adequate defense.
by sebmellen 1y ago
Since Facebook is pulling from the camera roll, not posting is not an adequate defense.
- zhivota 1y agoOnly logical thing to do personally is to take it completely off your mobile devices. You still get caught in the dragnet if you have friends and family posting you. Also in many places WhatsApp is practically a requirement for daily life which is frustrating. What I need is some kind of restricted app sandbox in which to place untrustworthy apps, they see a fake filesystem, fake system calls, etc.
- latentsea 1y agoOn Android you can just make a separate user profile for it and do that I suppose.
- dzhiurgis 1y agoCaught in what tho?
- microtonal 1y agoWhat I need is some kind of restricted app sandbox in which to place untrustworthy apps, they see a fake filesystem, fake system calls, etc. GrapheneOS comes pretty close to that I think? You can put such apps in a separate profile and cut off a lot of permissions. You can also scope contacts, storage, etc.
- dangus 1y agoRecent iOS versions have granular controls over library access to prevent this.
- bnjms 1y agoIt isn’t nice to use though. You select your picture then when you need to add more you’ve got to go back into the settings for that app and select the picture. Then add the picture you selected. I’m grateful though. We would have called meta malware back when.
- dangus 1y agoIt’s not that clunky anymore. You can limit access to the library to pick media from and it’ll give you the full library with this message: Limited Access to Your Library "App" can only access the items that you select. The app can add to your library even if no items are selected.
- what 1y agoThe built in camera roll widget lets you edit what pictures are allowed without going to settings. Maybe it’s a new change or the apps you use have a custom photo picker, I dunno.
- bnjms 1y agoThanks. It must be improved since I last used it. I only need it very rarely and mostly block Meta and Snapchat.
- dzhiurgis 1y agoI try to use web versions of everything (fb, insta, x). If it’s shitty enough I’ll use it less. I.e. messenger.com is possible to use if you request desktop version, change font size and deal with all sort of zoom issues. Of course fb doesn’t support actual calls or notifications just because, so I don’t use it. Instagram is even sneakier - you can’t post stories via mobile to “close friends”, post videos or view them from instant messages.
- bigfatkitten 1y agoThere’s some irony in the fact that the company which spawned React has also produced some of the world’s least usable React apps.
- dzhiurgis 1y agoI doubt this is accidental. It’s purely done to push you to install apps.
- sneak 1y agoThe way you prevent this is by deleting your facebook account and uninstalling the app.
- wkat4242 1y agoMost people don't know that hidden Facebook services even come preinstalled on most Android phones and persist even when the main app is deleted :( And on Android they're not even the worst privacy player which is Google of course
- microtonal 1y agoYeah, first thing to do on an Android phone is to use adb or something like the universal debloater to uninstall (besides the Facebook app) crap like: com.facebook.system, com.facebook.appmanager, and com.facebook.services. Description of the latter from the uad list: Facebook Services is a tool that lets you manage different Facebook services automatically using your Android device. In particular, the tool focuses on searching for nearby shops and establishments based on your interests. Why is this even always running on a pristine Samsung, etc. phone? Creepy.
- wkat4242 1y ago> Why is this even always running on a pristine Samsung, etc. phone? Creepy. Samsung has nothing against creepy, their own TVs are full of spyware too. At least here it can be removed. And they do care about money which is the reason they do it.