Don't have a smartphone. Guess I'll never have a user experience! Sad.
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<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 19:28:39 -0000 (UTC)Subject:
[OM] OT facebook and smartphone users
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In abreathtakingly creepy invasion of privacy, Facebook is forcing
allsmartphone users to install a new messaging app. The Android version ofthe
app -- and to a lesser extent the iPhone version as well -- allowsFacebook to
access your phone camera and record audio, call and sendmessages without your
permission, identify details about you and allyour contacts, and send that info
on to third parties.
If you want tocarry on sending and receiving messages on Facebook you now have
nochoice but to install Facebook Messenger - and give the company accessto a
wealth of personal data stored on your phone.
Facebook founderMark Zuckerberg has also admitted that his long-term plan is
to'monetize' the app, so we need to act now before the app becomesimpossible to
stop.
Tell Facebook to stop invading its users' privacyand allow people to keep using
the old messenger feature.
The companyclaims that it is simply improving the user experience, and that
itdoesn't have control over the permissions required for the app,specifically
on Android phones. But there's a simple solution to theproblem: don't make
users download the new messenger.
Most peopleinstalling the app have absolutely no idea what they just agreed to.
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