Social network could be reading what you're texting on Android
Facebook accesses text messages on your Android phone.
That’s the latest privacy outcry headline from an article in the Sunday Times (via C-Net), which claims the social network is using its Android app to spy on folks’ text messages. The app also has the power to write, not just read, messages.
Facebook, predictably, has been quick to respond to this one. Off the bat it said the newspaper was simply “completely wrong”, but then changed tack in a later statement to say it was conducting limited testing with this feature.
In other words, “most” users weren’t affected, although there’s no way of telling whether you’re one of those Android users who are having their texts sifted through. Not a particularly pleasant feeling…
As reported by C-Net, the Facebook statement read: “Facebook is currently running a limited test of mobile features which integrate with SMS functionality. SMS read/write is not currently implemented for most users of the mobile app.”
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Source: techwatch.co.uk
By: Adam Smith
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