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- (This is a list of the permissions that you have to grant the Facebook app before you install it on Android):
- Device & app history
- retrieve running apps
- Identity
- find accounts on the device
- add or remove accounts
- read your own contact card
- Calendar
- read calendar events plus confidential information
- add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge
- Contacts
- find accounts on the device
- read your contacts
- modify your contacts
- Location
- approximate location (network-based)
- precise location (GPS and network-based)
- SMS
- read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
- Phone
- read phone status and identity
- Photos/Media/Files
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
- Storage
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
- Camera
- take pictures and videos
- Microphone
- record audio
- Wi-Fi connection information
- view Wi-Fi connections
- Device ID & call information
- read phone status and identity
- Identity
- find accounts on the device
- Contacts
- find accounts on the device
- Phone
- directly call phone numbers
- read phone status and identity
- Phone
- read call log
- read phone status and identity
- write call log
- Phone
- directly call phone numbers
- read call log
- read phone status and identity
- write call log
- Location
- precise location (GPS and network-based)
- Identity
- find accounts on the device
- add or remove accounts
- Photos/Media/Files
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
- Storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
- Other
- download files without notification
- receive data from Internet
- adjust your wallpaper size
- view network connections
- create accounts and set passwords
- read battery statistics
- pair with Bluetooth devices
- access Bluetooth settings
- change network connectivity
- connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
- full network access
- change your audio settings
- read sync settings
- run at startup
- draw over other apps
- control vibration
- modify system settings
- toggle sync on and off
- read Google service configuration
- view network connections
- expand/collapse status bar
- reorder running apps
- set wallpaper
- expand/collapse status bar
- reorder running apps
- Source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=en
- Your data is your responsibility. If you willingly hand over that data to Facebook so you can see what that guy you took a philosophy class with 10 years ago is up to now while you drop a deuce, that's on you.
- Also to point out that Facebook isn't the only app that requires these types of permissions. All apps do to some degree. It's your responsibility to decide what level of intrusion you're willing to accept for the sake of convenience.
- Now because I can't reply to every good point raised, like I originally was. A few replies to common posts 1) If the Facebook app comes standard on your phone as it does on most, these permissions are probably buried somewhere in the "Terms and conditions" booklet that comes with the phone that none of us ever read, but are agreeing to by using the phone. 2) Yes, this is shitty and it sucks, I'm not making a moral judgement on this large scale collection of data. I'm simply saying it is what it is and it's something we all need to be aware of and consider 3) Yes, I'm kind of a dick. Still doesn't change anything.
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