A recent article is heating up the privacy issue with apps again, this time focusing on text message reading via Facebook's app. A report from the London Sunday Times (paywall) claims that the Facebook mobile app for Android and iOS is accessing personal text messages residing on smartphones. The social website reportedly isn't denying its actions, saying that the data collection is part of a trial to launch its own messaging service. Even more, when the service actually goes live, users will be prompted to give permission.
2DayBlog.com, Facebook accused of reading text messages via App
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