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"Read your text messages (SMS or MMS) If you add a phone number to your account, this allows us to confirm your phone number automatically by finding the confir
by jblz 13y ago
"Read your text messages (SMS or MMS) If you add a phone number to your account, this allows us to confirm your phone number automatically by finding the confirmation code that we send via text message."
That's a pretty crap feature to use to justify this.
https://www.facebook.com/help/210676372433246 https://www.facebook.com/help/210676372433246
- jblz 13y agoLooks like Twitter is doing something similar. One of the commenters here shows some decompiled code: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/57726/twitter-receivesms-permission http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/57726/twitter-rec...
- robotfelix 13y agoYep, both Twitter and Facebook's apps seemed to start asking for this permission around the same time - they seem to be oblivious to how scary "Read your text messages" sounds to anyone vaguely concerned about privacy. I'm holding off on updating for now.