scary new permission request from Facebook, skipped it

[AnMig]

http://i.imgur.com/RTxyVGj.jpg


Hope you can see the link

 

[bearxor]

Just close the Facebook account and step away from the internet.

 

[Ravynmagi]

The update provides a link to learn why they are requesting the new permissions.
https://www.facebook.com/help/210676372433246

Android permission requests usually look scary.

 

[zerogear]

Install AppOpsXposed (and Xposed Framework), revoke that sucker

 

[kyrax12]

Android should have settings when you can manually remove permissions that you don't like.

Talking about non-rooted users though.

 

[s44]

Android should have settings when you can manually remove permissions that you don't like.

Talking about non-rooted users though.

4.3 did - AppOps. It was hidden and unofficial though.

Gone in 4.4, though obviously not for root.

 

[kyrax12]

4.3 did - AppOps. It was hidden and unofficial though.

Gone in 4.4, though obviously not for root.

Yeah I don't get why Jelly Bean didn't include the feature of allowing what permission an App can access.

Don't get why they haven't done that. SHouldn't be that hard right?

 

[theeedude]

I don't trust the FB app after they uploaded all my Android contacts to FB. Just use the mobile website.

 

[Bateluer]

Just use the mobile website.

The mobile site is almost worse than their app.

 

[destrekor]

Yeah I don't get why Jelly Bean didn't include the feature of allowing what permission an App can access.

Don't get why they haven't done that. SHouldn't be that hard right?

Having not used this feature before, I might be wrong on this, but I reckon it probably broke some apps and they couldn't figure out how to get it to be stable.

I'm just trying to think about how that feature works. Does it allow an app to continue working, but whatever that app wants to do that needed a certain permission granted, the app will fail to do? Like, if it wants to read contacts but can't, the app will work but you won't ever be able to see anything about your contacts in the app?

If it works like that, I can almost guarantee some apps were broken - and the way it was implemented, I wonder if Google forced any kind of lock on certain permissions so that all Google/Android features continued to work as intended, or if it had the potential to even disrupt the basic functions of Android (including ads/tracking, which would be a huge reason for Google to remove it).

 

[zerogear]

AppsOps, as Google said, was for debugging/test purposes, it was never really meant for release.

 

[Zaap]

Facebook- skipped it.

 

[Kaido]

Wooooooow, is Facebook really Skynet?? Turn on & off Wifi to connect? Aye aye aye!

 

[RaistlinZ]

Glad I don't use FB.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

More people who don't use FB complaining about the FB app.

Edit: You can try tinfoil or Klyph as FB app alternatives.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Why is that even scary? -_-

If you read the reasoning, it makes sense.

 

[rh71]

I haven't updated to this latest FB app version yet because of this. Haven't had time to do the research.

 

[stlc8tr]

I'm just trying to think about how that feature works. Does it allow an app to continue working, but whatever that app wants to do that needed a certain permission granted, the app will fail to do? Like, if it wants to read contacts but can't, the app will work but you won't ever be able to see anything about your contacts in the app?

You can try XPrivacy instead of Apps Ops. XPrivacy will provide "fake" information to the app so instead of the call failing, it will just get incorrect data.

 

[MrSquished]

use Friendcaster Pro. it's a nice FB app for Android.

 

[Bman123]

Paranoid much?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Paranoid much?

:thumbsup:

NSA IS WATCHING ME

 

[soccerballtux]

The update provides a link to learn why they are requesting the new permissions.
https://www.facebook.com/help/210676372433246

Android permission requests usually look scary.

do we have proof it's limited to that?

also, I don't see why it should be sending emails

 

[Ravynmagi]

do we have proof it's limited to that?

also, I don't see why it should be sending emails

If you are so concerned about your data that Facebook needs to prove everything they are doing with it, then you really shouldn't be using Facebook. Because I imagine your data is being whored out to anyone that'll pay. Facebook isn't running a charity, not sure why people act surprised when they hear Facebook is selling their information.

 

[magomago]

while there is no doubt the data will be mined through algorithms to better target the users, I can't help but think that the permissions are really about being able to send messages to other facebook users through SMS/MMS, and automatically saving dates to one's calendar. I barely use FB, and I don't have the app, so can someone comment on what the new permissions are for?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

do we have proof it's limited to that?

also, I don't see why it should be sending emails

Sending emails to me to know when someone messages me or something.

(I turned this feature off)

And they can go mine my data, they can go through my stuff, I have nothing to hide.