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Dare Obasanjo Jul 4, 2023

This table is basically a list of features used by the app framed in the scariest way possible.

- Can you give the app your credit card? Financial Info.

- Does the app collect crash logs? Diagnostics.

- Is there a map or place check-ins? Location

- Can you find your friends who use it? Contacts

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Philip Mallegol-Hansen Jul 4, 2023

@carnage4life Agree in general, but disagree on that last point.

Let me search for my friends. I don’t need automated slurping up of my contacts database.

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Prasenjeet Dutta

@philip unfortunately, slurping up contacts is seen as “normal” by many users, and it’s not just Meta — it’s an industry thing. Think about WhatsApp (also by Meta). It doesn’t matter if you don’t use it — it likely has the contact list of every one of your contacts, if they live in an area where WhatsApp is popular (which is most of the planet).