OT - Facebook Messenger Question...

[smontanaro]

Originally Posted by unterhausen

They have been fiddling with it. Hopefully they don't totally screw it up, I'm definitely never giving them my phone number.

Not too worry. They probably already have it.

[MXLeader]

Originally Posted by smontanaro

Not too worry. They probably already have it.

Yes, they do... This is a cut and paste from the new Apple App Privacy list for Facebook Messenger on both IOS and MacOS devices. ...

Third-Party Advertising
Purchases
Purchase History
Financial Info
Other Financial Info
Location
Precise Location
Coarse Location
Contact Info
Physical Address
Email Address
Name
Phone Number
Other User Contact Info
Contacts
Contacts
User Content
Photos or Videos
Gameplay Content
Other User Content
Search History
Search History
Browsing History
Browsing History
Identifiers
User ID
Device ID
Usage Data
Product Interaction
Advertising Data
Other Usage Data
Diagnostics
Crash Data
Performance Data
Other Diagnostics Data
Other Data
Other Data Types

Analytics
Health & Fitness
Heath
Fitness
Purchases
Purchase History
Financial Info
Payment Info
Other Financial Info
Location
Precise Location
Coarse Location
Contact Info
Physical Address
Email Address
Name
Phone Number
Other User Contact Info
Contacts
Contacts
User Content
Photos and Videos
Audio Data
Gameplay Content
Customer Support
Other User Content
Search History
Search History
Browsing History
Browsing History
Identifiers
User ID
Device ID
Usage Data
Product Interaction
Advertising Data
Other Usage Data
Sensitive Info
Sensitive Info
Diagnostics
Crash Data
Performance Data
Other Diagnostic Data
Other Data
Other Data Types

Product Personalization
Purchases
Purchase History
Financial Info
Other Financial Info
Location
Precise Location
Coarse Location
Contact Info
Physical Address
Email Address
Name
Phone Number
Other User Contact Info
Contacts
Contacts
User Content
Photos or videos
Gameplay Content
Other User Content
Search History
Search History
Browsing History
Browsing History
Identifiers
User ID
Device ID
Usage Data
Product Interaction
Advertising Data
Other Usage Data
Sensitive Info
Sensitive Info
Diagnostics
Crash Data
Performance Data
Other Diagnostic Data
Other Data
Other Data Types

App Functionality
Health & Fitness
Health
Fitness
Purchases
Purchase History
Financial Info
Payment Info
Credit Info
Other Financial Info
Location
Precise Location
Coarse Location
Contact Info
Physical Address
Email Address
Name
Phone Number
Other User Contact Info
Contacts
Contacts
User Content
Emails or Text Messages
Photos or videos
Audio Data
Gameplay Content
Customer Support
Other User Content
Search History
Search History
Browsing History
Browsing History
Identifiers
User ID
Device ID
Usage Data
Product Interaction
Advertising Data
Other Usage Data
Sensitive Info
Sensitive Info
Diagnostics
Crash Data
Performance Data
Other Diagnostic Data
Other Data
Other Data Types

Other Purposes
Purchases
Purchase History
Financial Info
Other Financial Info
Location
Precise Location
Coarse Location
Contact Info
Physical Address
Email Address
Name
Phone Number
Other User Contact Info
Contacts
Contacts
User Content
Photos or videos
Gameplay Content
Customer Support
Other User Content
Search History
Search History
Browsing History
Browsing History
Identifiers
User ID
Device ID
Usage Data
Product Interaction
Advertising Data
Other Usage Data
Diagnostics
Crash Data
Performance Data
Other Diagnostic Data
Other Data
Other Data Types

[charliedid]

They only have a phone# if you posted one.

[Gsinill]

Originally Posted by charliedid

yeah that's old news.

There is a brand new desktop app version.

Nothing to do with the desktop app.
If you look at his screenshots, it's opening another tab for messenger.com.
Just like described in the post I was referring to.

[MXLeader]

Originally Posted by charliedid

They only have a phone# if you posted one.

From the Facebook Help Center...

https://www.facebook.com/help/251747...485/?ref=share

In 2019 Facebook admitted they were using phone numbers entered for two-factor authentication for advertising purposes.

Even though we may individually try to lock down privacy as much as possible within Facebook and Messenger, we can't say the same for all of our Facebook friends. I might prohibit Facebook access to my contact list on my phone, but if even one of my friends that have me in their contact list doesn't, then Facebook has my phone number.

A large part of what makes Facebook so profitable is data scraping as much information from its users so it can be sold to advertisers.

When the product is free, you are the product.

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by Gsinill

Nothing to do with the desktop app.
If you look at his screenshots, it's opening another tab for messenger.com.
Just like described in the post I was referring to.

But isn't that the "new messenger" just released?

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by MXLeader

From the Facebook Help Center...

https://www.facebook.com/help/251747...485/?ref=share

In 2019 Facebook admitted they were using phone numbers entered for two-factor authentication for advertising purposes.

Even though we may individually try to lock down privacy as much as possible within Facebook and Messenger, we can't say the same for all of our Facebook friends. I might prohibit Facebook access to my contact list on my phone, but if even one of my friends that have me in their contact list doesn't, then Facebook has my phone number.

A large part of what makes Facebook so profitable is data scraping as much information from its users so it can be sold to advertisers.

When the product is free, you are the product.

Thanks didn't know this, I'll have to look into that.

Either way I'm not too worried personally.