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Deleting the Facebook app is a smart idea regardless since it demands a lot of permissions you probably shouldn't give to anybody you don't trust unconditionally. Notably these include:
- Find out what other apps you are running
- Find out what accounts you have on the device
- Add or remove accounts
- Read your own contact information
- Read and modify your address book contacts
- Read your calendar events and confidential information
- Add and modify your calendar events, and email guests without telling you
- Precisely locate you with GPS and network-based location information
- Read your phone's status and identity
- Directly make calls
- Read and modify your call log
- Read your text messages
- Record audio
- Take pictures and videos
- Read, modify and delete the contents of your USB storage
- Draw over other apps
- Run automatically at startup
- Prevent your phone from sleeping
- View available Wi-Fi connections
- Connect to arbitrary Wi-Fi networks of its choosing
- Access any service on any network it can connect to
- Modify system settings
- Download files without notification
- Install shortcuts
2.3 on the Apple app store compared to 2.4 on the Google Play Store.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=en_US&gl=US
have you seen the permissions?
when facebook needs just about as many permissions as the software that practically runs my phone, I think I'll pass.
Here are the Sprint packages to remove with ADB:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80121330&postcount=25
If you want to to remove other crap like Facebook, you can get the package names from the app's Google Play link.
For example, the page for Facebook is:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana
So the package to remove is com.facebook.katana
Oh yes. The Gizmodo article I linked for example is about the reporter and a woman with no contacts in common who turned out to be the wife of his estranged Grandfather's brother. They do a lot of AI research on this sort of thing and they're been scarily good at it for a while now.
I can only imagine what they know about people who install the app but looking at the permissions it can:
- Tell what other apps you have running
- See what accounts (Gmail, etc) you have set up on your phone
- Access your contact information
- Check your calendar events and see confidential information about them
- Access your contacts
- Find your precise location with GPS
- Read your text messages
- Read your call log
- Access your photos
- Access any USB storage devices you connect
- Record audio
- Find out what wi-fi connections are available and connect you to one of their choosing
- Download files without notification
- Prevent your phone from sleeping (deactivating its sensors, CPU, radio, etc)
- Connect to the Internet (natch, but just a reminder where all this stuff's going)
So suffice to say I won't be using that any time soon.
They produce two of the most invasive apps ever (just go read the permissions of the Android versions of the main app and Messenger to get a hint - and gods only know what the desktop/laptop version of Messenger is doing since you don't get to see what it accesses at all). edit: Oh, dear, I see they've got a ton of other apps now (Mentions, Groups, etc.). I have no doubt that they are every bit as bad, however.
And you ever see those little Facebook logo share/like buttons (along with other social medias)? They know exactly when you visit sites with their button, and the URL of the page you're visiting. I've had them blocked for years, so I don't know if they've gone to mouse tracking yet or not like so many other companies, but I wouldn't be surprised...
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure someone with more in-depth information will be along soon.
>Honestly Epic Games is the cancer of the industry.
I'd say the "cancer" is the degree of control Apple exerts on devices consumers have bought and paid for.
>If Epic wins the case and Apple is forced to allow other app stores, wait till every dodgy app circumvents Apple's app checking system. Facebook makes you use a seperate app store where there's no info on their data stealing practices.
This fear is hugely overblown. They're not locked to Google Play, yet here they are. By and large I'd expect to see most major software still available in the App Store. The nice bonus will be that Apple isn't available to arbitrarily block people from installing apps they'd like to have, like XCloud.
>Random pop ups online redirect you to random app stores that download malware to your device. And when the devices get damaged, bricked etc who is responsible? Ultimately the blame or responsibility will fall on Apple
If that's a substantial enough concern, why can you install software on macOS without going through the Mac App Store?
C'est marqué dans les autorisation Android pour cette application :
>Téléphone
> appeler directement des numéros de téléphone
> lire le journal d'appels
<strong>Facebook</strong> by Facebook | Free
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Average rating of 80/100 | 1,000,000,000 - 5,000,000,000 downloads.
Search for 'facebook' on the <strong>Play Store</strong>
> Só que não lol
Que tal dar uma olhada nas permissões requisitadas pelo aplicativo do Facebook?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana
>Claro que não. Eu forneci os dados voluntariamente ao meu amigo sem perguntar pra ele o que ele faria com eles. O que você está sugerindo é que eu tenha propriedade intelectual sobre meu endereço de email etc. I.e. o poder de ditar o que as pessoas podem fazer com algo que eu já vendi/dei a elas, implicitamente.
>Porque meu amigo clicou em "permitir" quando o app do Facebook perguntou sobre as permissões de acessar isso no cel dele. O que tem de errado nisso?
O que será que tem de errado nas pessoas quererem preservar a sua privacidade? Só para começo de conversa, a relação é entre você e seu amigo. Já começa errado porque o Facebook não tem direito algum de se intrometer nisso. O Facebook usa isso para descobrir o máximo de detalhes possíveis sobre você.
Leitura recomendada: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/03/data_is_a_toxic.html
It is a 2.3 on the Apple app store vs 2.4 on the Google Play Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=en_US&gl=US
Pretty consistent between the two. Which is what you expect to see.
But it is kind of crazy there is basically only 2 stores.
>Why isn't there a facebook client native app?
There is tho?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215
I'd be shocked if the creators of React Native weren't using it to create their own app.
The Google Play Store page has the following:
> Terms of Service: http://m.facebook.com/terms.php
That link works for me.
Yes, the browser version leaks significantly less information.
Assuming you're using using Chrome/Firefox, the website asks your browser for location and your browser responds with a user prompt, which you can allow. Admittedly, this is a bit weak, as your IP address does in general give some sense of physical location.
But for more non-obvious things, yes:
They already had a tab bar on the top, all they did was pull the News Feed button out of the hamburger menu and move it all to the bottom.
Frankly I think the Windows Phone and Android apps do it better by keeping navigation at the top and relocating the action buttons to the bottom.
no one is taking anyones side. That article is garbage. An accusation that one of the most popular websites in the world was secretly using your webcam requires some supporting evidence.
For example, Facebook listens to your conversations. We know that the Facebook app has rights to use your phones microphone and we also know that the app has a feature to identity music around you. And this is not magic, conspiracy theory hacking bullshit, its right there in the apps feature list and access permissions.
Even this though does not mean they really are. In fact they almost certainly are not, odds are Facebook use a proxy to listen and feed that information back to them.
There is no evidence to support websites accessing your camera, and not just accessing it, also turning off notifications that your camera is on. Further more while listening to a conversation can reveal information that can be used for target advertising, watching someone while they use Youtube is completely useless
It is right I had a look myself. Privacy policy may say that they don't use it, and that's great, but the app still has access.
Here is the link to look for your self, hit "view details" under permissions. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana
Not that hard if you take a loot at the Facebook app permissions...
For example: Phone => read call log. Or: Location => approximately and precise location. With such data it is easy to see which business you called of which physical store you've visited.
Take a look at the permissions on the Facebook app on the Google play store it lists what it has permission to do. EDIT: link formatting
You could go on the Play Store on a desktop, and right-click the image in it to download it.
Example: You go on the Facebook Play Store app listing.
If you right-click and open the image in a new tab, you'll get the URL of the actual file, finishing by w300-rw.
If you replace w300-rw by let's say w512, you'll see the 512x512 pixel image of the icon in .png format that you can easily download.
Nope. At best it's not shown by default after the permission simplification, but you can still check it out and it's not there, while Internet permissions are there for, say, the Facebook app. For instance, go to the Facebook app on Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana), scroll to the end and click on "Permissions-view details", and find "full network access".
Uninstall it and then re-install Facebook by this link.
Basically, if you're logged on to Google with the same email you use on the phone, you can remotely install apps.
I say do it this way in case you have something redirecting you or intercepting the download.
When you go to uninstall it, does it say? > > Facebook > > Version Number > > com.facebook.katana
If so, that's the real FB. My version number (up to date) is 65.0.0.42.81 and it's taking up 264mb of space.
Here's the Android app:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=en_GB
Here's the iOS store: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/facebook/id284882215?mt=8
Now you show the development team is independent please and thank you.
Wait. Re-reading this topic, I found this comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/3gqcm3/how_does_facebook_get_new_email_ids_to_send_those/cu0rn9h
So, if you used an e-mail account in the same device with a Facebook app, of course it will discover what is their e-mail. You have contact stored in your tablet and Facebook app just got through this. I don't know what permissions Facebook uses in iOS. But it can access your contact list and e-mail addresses stored in it. If you use the Gmail app, the contact list can be shared through the OS, for example. In Android it's known to be very aggressive with this. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana
In summary, it's getting this contact from you.
This is a list of the permissions that you have to grant the Facebook app before you install it (Edit: on Android):
This app has access to: 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
directly call phone numbers read call log read phone status and identity write call log
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
Other
download files without notification adjust your wallpaper size receive data from Internet view network connections create accounts and set passwords read battery statistics send sticky broadcast change network connectivity connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi expand/collapse status bar full network access change your audio settings read sync settings run at startup reorder running apps set wallpaper draw over other apps control vibration prevent device from sleeping toggle sync on and off install shortcuts read Google service configuration
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.
Edit 2: Formatting. 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.
Edit 3: 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.
Funny, when I posted that Facebook did this YEARS ago, I was downvoted for being a tin foil hat wearing paranoid idiot.
The app fucking tells you when you install it you’re giving it access to call logs and SMS. What the hell did people think this was for?
EDIT: Here's what you willingly give Facebook access to when you install their App on Android. I think you can restrict some of these today, but just a year or so ago all of these were included and you couldn't remove them. (parenthesis contains my comments)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=en
This app has access to:
Device & app history
- retrieve running apps (probably to allow advertisers to target you better. A company like Hulu could say "show this advertisement to all known Netflix users")
Identity
- find accounts on the device (Probably to check for a Facebook account on devices with Facebook integration. Also to tie you to all of your other online identities)
- add or remove accounts (Probably to add Facebook accounts on devices with Facebook integration)
- read your own contact card (Facebook will get your phone and email, even if you don't give it to them)
Calendar
- read calendar events plus confidential information (Probably for advertising, or less harmful explicit event sharing on Facebook. Not sure what "confidential information" includes on Android calendar but I doubt Facebook needs that too)
- add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge (Probably to sync events from Facebook to your calendar. Not sure why it needs to send email without the owners knowledge though)
Contacts
- find accounts on the device
- read your contacts (Facebook likes to make sure they know you, even if you don't use their service at all. When your friends install the Facebook app on their Android device, it dumps their contacts (which includes you) to their servers.)
- modify your contacts (Probably to update contacts with Facebook profile pictures)
Location
- approximate location (network-based)
- precise location (GPS and network-based)
SMS
- read your text messages (SMS or MMS) (Gotta keep tabs on who you're talking to outside of Messenger)
Phone
- directly call phone numbers
- read call log
- read phone status and identity
- write call log
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 (remember those Ads you see on Facebook after talking about something?)
Wi-Fi connection information
- view Wi-Fi connections (helpful to learning your location even if you turn location services off)
Device ID & call information
- read phone status and identity (Unique ID for your phone that will tie it to you. Facebook can then track who you sold your phone to. Also could just simply be used to help track spam)
Other
- download files without notification
- adjust your wallpaper size (No clue why Facebook needs to touch my wallpaper)
- receive data from Internet (I think all/most data-enabled apps have this)
- view network connections (Track location without location services)
- create accounts and set passwords
- read battery statistics (Probably wanted to monitor how their app kills battery life but forgot to actually improve the app)
- send sticky broadcast
- change network connectivity
- connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
- expand/collapse status bar
- full network access (I think all/most data-enabled apps have this)
- change your audio settings
- read sync settings (Fingerprinting)
- run at startup (Needs to make sure their tracking gets started if you ever reboot the phone)
- reorder running apps
- set wallpaper (No clue why Facebook needs to touch my wallpaper)
- draw over other apps (Last I read about this permission it was used by nefarious apps to draw invisible things over other apps to act as a key logger. Can't confirm if that's what Facebook uses it for.)
- control vibration
- prevent device from sleeping
- toggle sync on and off
- install shortcuts
- read Google service configuration
I wonder if they just pointed a bot to delete any app we post in the thread.
Ninja edit: Guess not.
These permissions are required for a reason. It's fucking scary, seem to be getting longer every single day. A big part of the world population is bugged and does not care.
> 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) > > Phone > > directly call phone numbers > 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 > > SMS > > read your text messages (SMS or MMS) > > Phone > > 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 > > 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 > send sticky broadcast > 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 > prevent device from sleeping > modify system settings > toggle sync on and off > install shortcuts > read Google service configuration > view network connections > full network access > view network connections > create accounts and set passwords > read battery statistics > send sticky broadcast > change network connectivity > connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi > full network access > read sync settings > run at startup > draw over other apps > control vibration > prevent device from sleeping > toggle sync on and off > install shortcuts > read Google service configuration > view network connections > create accounts and set passwords > read battery statistics > send sticky broadcast > change network connectivity > connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi > expand/collapse status bar > full network access > change your audio settings > read sync settings > run at startup > reorder running apps > set wallpaper > draw over other apps > control vibration > prevent device from sleeping > toggle sync on and off > install shortcuts > read Google service configuration > view network connections > create accounts and set passwords > read battery statistics > send sticky broadcast > 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 > prevent device from sleeping > toggle sync on and off > install shortcuts > read Google service configuration > view network connections > create accounts and set passwords > send sticky broadcast > change network connectivity > connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi > full network access > read sync settings > control vibration > prevent device from sleeping > toggle sync on and off > install shortcuts > read Google service configuration > view network connections > create accounts and set passwords > read battery statistics > send sticky broadcast > change network connectivity > connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi > expand/collapse status bar > full network access > change your audio settings > read sync settings > run at startup > reorder running apps > set wallpaper > draw over other apps > control vibration > prevent device from sleeping > toggle sync on and off > install shortcuts > view network connections > create accounts and set passwords > send sticky broadcast > change network connectivity > connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi > full network access > change your audio settings > read sync settings > control vibration > prevent device from sleeping > toggle sync on and off > install shortcuts > view network connections > create accounts and set passwords > send sticky broadcast > change network connectivity > connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi > full network access > read sync settings > control vibration > prevent device from sleeping > toggle sync on and off > install shortcuts
Here is the PlayStore link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana
> Because we are only just NOW finding out this was happening... Like what rock have you been under?
What rock have you been under that you are just now finding out that Facebook has been tracking users? It has been written in their EULA and TOS. Their apps you install state the permissions required to run. None of this was ever a secret. Listed on the Facebook app
Identity
- find accounts on the device
- add or remove accounts
- read your own contact card
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)
Photos/Media/Files
- 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
Phone
- directly call phone numbers
- read phone status and identity
- read call log
- read phone status and identity
- write call log
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
- send sticky broadcast
- 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
- prevent device from sleeping
- modify system settings
- toggle sync on and off
- install shortcuts
- read Google service configuration
- expand/collapse status bar
- reorder running apps
- set wallpaper
Edit: Removed duplicated permissions.
run at startup + prevent device from sleeping means that the app can be running all the time
record audio, take pictures and videos, read your text messages (SMS or MMS) , read your contacts, read call log means they can collect your data
full network access means they can send it back to facebook
Obviously there's nothing as big as Silicon Valley, but you could try German Silicon Valley for a start. I think it heavily depends on what field you are interested in.
For what apps are popular in germany:
- WhatsApp (begins to lose popularity)
- Facebook (Not the messenger one)
- Google Maps
- YouTube
- Google Standard Services (Search, Gmail, ...)
- Wetter.com (Weather report)
- Facebook (The messenger one)
- Amazon
- Candy Crush Saga
- Skype
[Source] ^^^^don't ^^^^judge ^^^^the ^^^^credibility ^^^^please
It does.
Microphone: Record Audio
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=en
OP you added an extra ? to your link. Here's the correct link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana
Yanlış platform, buraya atabilirsin https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana
even facebook has 2 stars on the play store.^([1])
I've checked Facebook Watch FAQ and it says it still supports Android TV in general without giving any specific version but it hasn't mentioned Google TV https://www.facebook.com/help/1871313656439201/
Maybe because Facebook is now beta-testing a proper Facebook app for Android TV and has named it simply as "Facebook" instead of "Facebook Watch". But no mention of Google TV support.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&ah=XNrgUbyhyq60kPdVnLzQT11rUXk
The list of Facebook (Android TV) versions:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/facebook-2/facebook-android-tv/
In that case, try the steps given in the article below for installing the "Facebook" app on Google TV.
https://chromecastappstips.com/how-to-install-facebook-watch-on-google-tv/
In addition, you may need to use the Google TV interface to search for the app you want to install since it hides the full Google Play Store. You can try to access it directly as follows...
I've seen a lot of people having issues with something like this lately - might worth a try
C'mon 1 star next week! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=de
I can count at least 1 billion idiots.
But eavesdropping on offline conversations doesn't necessarily have to mean listening to you through the microphone. Have you seen the permissions the Facebook app asks for on Android? iirc it includes knowledge of what apps you're using in the background, access to the text messaging app.. all sorts of stuff.
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:
- directly call phone numbers
- 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
Phone:
- directly call phone numbers
- read phone status and identity
- read call log
- write call log
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
- send sticky broadcast
- 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
- prevent device from sleeping
- modify system settings
- toggle sync on and off
- install shortcuts
- read Google service configuration
- view network connections
- view network connections
- read battery statistics
- send sticky broadcast
- connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
- expand/collapse status bar
- reorder running apps
- set wallpaper
Above are the permissions the Facebook app requests, can be found here and clicking on the View detailslink under Permissions. Android is getting better with permissions with more recent iterations allowing for users to enable and disable specific app permissions, but Android updates are still few and far between for non-flagships and require updates from carriers and manufacturers. And even if this were the case, I have a feeling that most people will just press accept, similarly to how people probably do with the GDPR settings websites shove in your face. It's easier to just press the big accept button than to spend time thinking about vendors and usages when all you want to do is read an article.
Here is the comment linked in the above comment:
This is a list of the permissions that you have to grant the Facebook app before you install it:
This app has access to: 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
directly call phone numbers read call log read phone status and identity write call log
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
Other
download files without notification adjust your wallpaper size receive data from Internet view network connections create accounts and set passwords read battery statistics send sticky broadcast change network connectivity connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi expand/collapse status bar full network access change your audio settings read sync settings run at startup reorder running apps set wallpaper draw over other apps control vibration prevent device from sleeping toggle sync on and off install shortcuts read Google service configuration
Source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&amp;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.
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Watching how the katana and orca behave makes me want to wrap them in a Tasker script (or something) that freezes them except for when I've explicitly launched them. I still feel as though they only split them to distract attention from how bloated they've become.
I'm currently using the Metal wrapper and I like that it overwrites the site's styling to allow for dark rendering... though there are browsers that do that for every site, so it might be a bit superfluous.
	
	
	
<strong>Facebook</strong> - Free - Rating: 79/100 - Search for 'facebook' on the <strong>Play Store</strong> ^Source ^Code ^| ^Feedback/Bug ^report
You're an idiot. The android permission for accessing the IMEI is READ_PHONE_STATE which virtually every app requests, including Facebook. It's literally the first one listed when you click on Permissions: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana
Furthermore, there's no magical restrictions on IMEI. It's just a hardware identifier. It's not an instant root haxx0rs mechanism to know it, and the FCC doesn't give a single shit whether anyone records it.
And no one would use a social network that spies on everything you do, who you know and where you go every day to sell your data and interests to everyone who comes along...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=en_GB
Not many. Only between 1 and 5 billion downloads.
Some of the must-haves: Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Dropbox, AMC Security
What is this? Misinformation Central?
I’m browsing on an iPad and I can view all permissions needed for the Facebook Android app on Play Store from their website.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=en_US&gl=US
Next week at 1 star? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana&hl=de
I found another one. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana