My Twitter died on Timescape after Oauth change... anybody else with the same problem?
Over the coming weeks, we will be making two important updates that will impact how you interact with Twitter applications. We are sending this notice to all Twitter users to make sure you are aware of these changes.
What are applications?
There are over 250,000 applications built using the Twitter API. To use most applications, you first authorize the application to access your Twitter account, after which you can use it to read and post Tweets, discover new users and more. Applications come in many varieties, including desktop applications like TweetDeck, Seesmic, or EchoFon, websites such as TweetMeme, fflick, or Topsy, or mobile applications such as Twitter for iPhone, Twitter for Blackberry, or Foursquare.
Update 1: New authorization rules for applications
Starting August 31, all applications will be required to use “OAuth” to access your Twitter account.
What's OAuth?
OAuth is a technology that enables applications to access Twitter on your behalf with your approval without asking you directly for your password.
Desktop and mobile applications may still ask for your password once, but after that request, they are required to use OAuth in order to access your timeline or allow you to tweet.
What does this mean for me?
Applications are no longer allowed to store your password.
If you change your password, the applications will continue to work.
Some applications you have been using may require you to reauthorize them or may stop functioning at the time of this change.
All applications you have authorized will be listed at http://twitter.com/settings/connections.
You can revoke access to any application at any time from the list.
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Wait for update from se. It will take some time.
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Twitter on timescape work for me, i am on .26
What error does it give to you ?
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mezo9090 said:
Twitter on timescape work for me, i am on .26
What error does it give to you ?
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Works fine for me to.. I'm on unrooted R2BA020
Edit: Woohoo! 100 posts
R1FB001...
damn SE Brazil...
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R1FB001...
damn SE Brazil...
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I bet SE has already taken care of this in recent updates which they have been releasing but your carrier has not. They should have one updates for all the regions.
SE: lets make things complicated.
Recently I changed my username and password on Twitter and my TimeScape can't login to Twitter anymore. It keeps giving the message invalid username/password which is not right. The Twitter app I downloaded works fine with my new information.
I tried logging from TimeScape both with username and email id and get the same problem. Any help?
How well does timescape work for you guys?
I only ask because it has never done a single thing for me, and I have tried to get it to do something many times.
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It doesn't automatically update for me, even though I had it set to fetch every hour, so stopped using it.
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so i was looking at timescape and my twitter updates didn't have a picture, just a blank head exactly like the ones from my contacts.
i thought there was just a small issue. so i delete my twitter account and now i can not sync with my twitter account. this is very weird. i have 2 twitter accounts but my main account (the one i had been using with timescape) does not sync anymore, timescape doesn't even let me set up the account! however, it lets me set up my other twitter account fine.
anyone else got this issue?
i get an "Authentication failed... Connection failed error screen"
This just happened to me now where none if the pictures are loading, and when I click on an article nothing happens. It's beginning to annoy me.
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i'm thinking it's twitter's fault but then again why would 1 account work and not the other? doesn't make sense.
same situation as arctic since this afternoon.
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lol status.twitter.com just stated that they are having issues. LOL i guess i'm too paranoid with this phone.
anybody see the pictures yet? and i still can't sign on to twitter with timescape...
arcticreaver said:
anybody see the pictures yet? and i still can't sign on to twitter with timescape...
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can't see them yet either
well I still can't login with Twitter. every time I setup Twitter I still get the same error message.
I'm glad its not just me.
I've been trying for about 20 minutes last night. Even reset my password and tried again. Get into Seesmic OK so I've left it a while...
Still no luck yet though
I can't see twitter pics either.
We can exclude the phone bugs now ... pretty much the problem is on twitter side.
so it still available issue. I even formatted thy phone and even repaired it with update service. timescape will not allow me to login. I just hope Twitter didn't change anything and screwed up timescape.
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Twitter pictures are back in Timescape.
maybe Twitter is forcing us to use their official app? its been like 24 hrs and I still can't login and still with same error messages
twitter is back.
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How about facebook, mine cannot update anything...I already reset the phone to factory setting, nothing happen..give me a headache...
Bryce604 said:
twitter is back.
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I'm still getting the 'Connection Refused' error.
Are you sure it's back?
thefunkaygibbon said:
I'm still getting the 'Connection Refused' error.
Are you sure it's back?
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It works for me.
timescape should be fine with twitter. but then again, it's only now working for me.
I am trying to sync contacts but nothing shows up?? No friends or info I need help!!
Get out more and meet more people.
If you are trying to get your facebook friends to show up in your contacts, go to contacts and hit menu view and make sure that facebook is checked.
Posting this in multiple threads to see if you get an answer will just get you flamed. Just an FYI.
I am to, I emailed HTC and this was their response:
Hello Greg, Thank you for contacting HTC. I understand how important it is for you to have your phone function the way it should. Right now there is an issue going on with facebook across all mobile devices, it is not specific to you or your device, we believe it is an issue with Facebook itself and hope that it is resolved as soon as possible. I hope that answered your questions, if you have any other issues or questions please feel free to contact us. HTC Technical Support.. [websites that I couldn't post]
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 1xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Sincerely,
Leslie
HTC
FIXED!
facebook sync is working again as of 12:30 est
I am still getting the "service currently unavailable" message. maybe it is better to just sleep on it and try tomorrow.
It syncs my pic but no others doesn't even display any contacts to chose from...
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Have to say, I removed my Facebook account from sync and tried adding it back. I can log in, but all my friends no longer show up and sync properly. So something still must be going on with Facebook.
Hopefully an update that will give us notification when a message is sent Something so simple and yet they can't implement it. How about facebook chat while we are at it. I heard rumors that Froyo should allow for push notification like it does with IPHONE. The IPHONE app is a more polished APP. Why can't they replicate that one for Android?
I am not a big facebook fan but I have friends( Yes I pay them monthly ) that likes to chat on it.
I never could get the facebook app that came with my phone to work, I ended up trying to delete it and downloading the android app from facebook.com. Works great so far except I can't (or don't know how to) accept friend requests with it.
It's not the Facebook app that isn't working. It's the Facebook for Sense that doesn't work. I've tried the suggestions above already.
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sprint made me reset my evo
sprint made me reset my evo and now i cant get my FB contacts to show up it says i have no friends. and i have plenty. We need a fix
It's fb servers that's having problems. Not Evo specific.
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Weird cause the 2.2 roms load it fine?
synmypix.....
If you are trying to get your facebook friends to show up in your contacts, go to contacts and hit menu view and make sure that facebook is checked.[/QUOTE]
This didnt work for me but there is an app called syncmypix in the market that works excellent.......
sycmypix
for all having issues syncing facebook contacts go to the market and download syncmypix and it does the job....
I don't think you guys seem to understand the problem. This isn't just sync'ing pics. If you wiped your Evo (or any mobile device) and try to load your friends from facebook, they won't sync.
IT'S A PROBLEM WITH FACEBOOK SERVERS!
Try it. Delete your facebook app and links, re-add them and try to sync again.
... Just installed Syncmypix and all it does is add photos. Nothing more. I don't know about others but this does not "do the job" of syncing facebook contacts. Just the pic.
Yes, this just started and you can search other web sites, many people are now reporting it. It's a problem on the server side at face book, they've changed something.
darkfluid said:
Yes, this just started and you can search other web sites, many people are now reporting it. It's a problem on the server side at face book, they've changed something.
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That is what I figured when I tried to view my "facebook phonebook" in my people directory.
First it said that I didn't have any friends, so I decided to do a refresh. During the refresh, I noticed that it just hanged (with the little circle spinning in the top-right corner). Then it exited out of the program saying "unable to connect"
ok i thought it was just me but hopefully they get this fixed cause i like being able to link my contacts
http://www.tgdaily.com/security-brief/50862-as-many-as-4-million-people-downloaded-data-stealing-android-app
Mike Luttrell | Thu 29th Jul 2010, 08:30 am
A seemingly innocuous Android app that let users change their phone's wallpaper has actually been stealing private user information and may have been downloaded millions of times.
Users should be concerned if they downloaded an app from "Jackeey Wallpaper." While it does perform the functions described in the app download page, it also ends up taking the phone's Internet browser history, mobile phone number, every single text message, and voicemail password. That information is then sent to a website based in Shenzhen, China.
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http://phandroid.com/2010/07/29/another-app-stealing-data/
[Update]: MyLookout chimed in with us to clarify some details that other outlets have been reporting. Specifically, the app does collect data from your phone, but only the device’s phone number, subscriber identifier, and voicemail number fields are retrieved. SMS and browsing history are not touched by any of the apps they analyzed throughout their Blackhat conference. Your voicemail’s password is also not transmitted unless you included the password in your phone’s voicemail number field.
We’re not yet certain on what the developer’s intentions are for using the pieces of data it does send to China – so we can’t outright call it malicious – but it is collecting and sending data nevertheless. Hopefully that clears up some of the confusion everyone’s been faced with regarding the read-only property READ_PHONE_STATE that the application uses to access certain pieces of data.
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So no SMS, browsing history or voice mail password taken.
FOR REAL?!?!
All your data belongs to somebody else
jp_macaroni said:
http://www.tgdaily.com/security-brief/50862-as-many-as-4-million-people-downloaded-data-stealing-android-app
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Free isn't free: http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...t-all-your-data-are-belong-to…-somebody-else/
Same happened to me with an app posted here for movies
Flixster for android
http://www.flixster.com/
I did find out ON TIME , that someone was messing with my gmail account , had to change my password inmediatly
I received an altert from an IP ( from their site ) trying to change my password !
You've been warned , happened to me !
It's not like it doesn't show you the stuff when you install apps.. And this "Genome Project" thing is out of context nonsense.... 14% of free apps have access to your contacts. You realize that includes IM programs, SMS programs, Email programs, etc....
If you install a wallpaper app that requests access to your Accounts and Contacts, well....
http://www.cyrket.com/search?q=Jackeey+Wallpaper
I don't see such permissions on the 2-3 I looked through, but maybe specific ones did.
Another thing about this "lookout" app and Genome Project.. Look at the permissions on their app on the market:
Permissions: ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION , ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION , ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE , CLEAR_APP_CACHE , DISABLE_KEYGUARD , GET_ACCOUNTS , INTERNET , MANAGE_ACCOUNTS , MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS , PERSISTENT_ACTIVITY , READ_CONTACTS , READ_LOGS , READ_OWNER_DATA , READ_PHONE_STATE , READ_SMS , READ_SYNC_SETTINGS , READ_USER_DICTIONARY , RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED , RECEIVE_SMS , VIBRATE , WAKE_LOCK , WRITE_CALENDAR , WRITE_CONTACTS , WRITE_SETTINGS , WRITE_SMS , WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS , WRITE_USER_DICTIONARY , com.android.browser.permission.READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS , com.android.browser.permission.WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS
What if the 'AV' software itself turns out to be the one stealing data? If anything could, it could.
we get that all apps ask for permission to allow access to our location, contacts, emails etc....but to gather our private info and sell them to China.....thats messed up.
time to sue.
That information is then sent to a website based in Shenzhen, China.
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question:
if this app was downloaded and used by US government....would it be considered as a SPY? lol
It's a big deal, but it illustrates very well that android users are in a ffa environment without someone looking over their shoulder to protect them.
It's good and bad. Some people will call bad on google for not protecting them, but others will see it for the truth of it and know they have to cover their own ass.
Wouldnt a functional firewall app work for this?
cutting off apps access to non essential portions of data...but also from data transmitting?
Flixster is malicious??
pvillasuso said:
Same happened to me with an app posted here for movies
Flixster for android
http://www.flixster.com/
I did find out ON TIME , that someone was messing with my gmail account , had to change my password inmediatly
I received an altert from an IP ( from their site ) trying to change my password !
You've been warned , happened to me !
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Woaaah now... I have used this app on almost ever ROM I flash - downloaded straight from the market each time. I've never had an indication that my information was compromised in any way... Are you 100% sure that Flixster was the culprit? That's a pretty heavy claim for what I think is a very widely used (and recommended) app.
and what about all the gmail notifiers?
More fears:
I will preface this by saying I don't know much about Android security, but to me, it's as secure as any PC.
So: what about gmail notifier apps and apps that ask for access to your gmail account?
Do they have access to your gmail password? Seems like it. So what's to stop malicious gmail notifier developers from stealing your gmail passwords and having their way with your google account, for example, grepping your mailbox for banking information.
Also think about keyboard apps, what's to top malicious keyboard developers from writing a keyboard which logs all your keystrokes to a zipfile then uploads it to a russian server for analysis of B-A-N-K and P-A-S-S-W-O-R-D and then the next keystrokes which follow that?
It doesn't end there. Picture apps which can steal your pictures. Apps which can record your phone conversations and upload the audio to servers a few hours later so you don't notice that data going on.
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More fears:
I will preface this by saying I don't know much about Android security, but to me, it's as secure as any PC.
So: what about gmail notifier apps and apps that ask for access to your gmail account?
Do they have access to your gmail password? Seems like it. So what's to stop malicious gmail notifier developers from stealing your gmail passwords and having their way with your google account, for example, grepping your mailbox for banking information.
Also think about keyboard apps, what's to top malicious keyboard developers from writing a keyboard which logs all your keystrokes to a zipfile then uploads it to a russian server for analysis of B-A-N-K and P-A-S-S-W-O-R-D and then the next keystrokes which follow that?
It doesn't end there. Picture apps which can steal your pictures. Apps which can record your phone conversations and upload the audio to servers a few hours later so you don't notice that data going on.
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The same things are possible for a regular computer as well. You can connect to a site and it could execute a download that then snoops your keystrokes and uploads them somewhere.
The difference (so far) is that on android you have to install an app to do that.
The takehome message is to excersize caution and install apps you can verify where they come from and what they do.
This will happen more and more. Mobile is where people are doing most of there communication and beginning alot of banking.
Not just Android all mobile OS.
Like I said a zonealarm/lilsnitch like app would be of great use. Even if logging or reading they still need to communicate out. An easy low mem/bat/cpu usage app that monitors this behaviour would go along way.
This is becomming a bigger issue and we do need some type of security alert monitor!
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=13100EVAC2WI
"Mobile apps on Android-powered smartphones and Apple's iPhone can disclose more personal data than most users realize, security vendor Lookout revealed Wednesday at the Black Hat USA 2010 conference in Las Vegas. Rather than being malicious, users often give the apps permission to access data when they are installed...."
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http://www.tgdaily.com/security-brief/50862-as-many-as-4-million-people-downloaded-data-stealing-android-app
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Opps missed this post prior to posting my thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739446
Arcarsenal said:
Woaaah now... I have used this app on almost ever ROM I flash - downloaded straight from the market each time. I've never had an indication that my information was compromised in any way... Are you 100% sure that Flixster was the culprit? That's a pretty heavy claim for what I think is a very widely used (and recommended) app.
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100% sure , I checked out the IP involved , and it pointed directly to their website !!!
pvillasuso said:
Same happened to me with an app posted here for movies
Flixster for android
http://www.flixster.com/
I did find out ON TIME , that someone was messing with my gmail account , had to change my password inmediatly
I received an altert from an IP ( from their site ) trying to change my password !
You've been warned , happened to me !
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Don't be stupid. Flixster is a 100% legitimate app. Don't bad mouth it because you fell for a phishing scam some place else.
GldRush98 said:
Don't be stupid. Flixster is a 100% legitimate app. Don't bad mouth it because you fell for a phishing scam some place else.
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Use it then, who cares anyway ..!
Hope u get your gmail account hacked ...
samagon said:
The takehome message is to excersize caution and install apps you can verify where they come from and what they do.
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Easy to say, but how do you 'verify where they come from and what they do'?
SOLUTION FOUND: LOOK AT MY 2ND POST, or 3rd POST IN THE THREAD.
Hi All,
New to the forum, apologies ahead of time for any n00bness. I am trying to connect my Facebook account (not using the android for Facebook app found in the marketplace) through the motorblur "add account" short cut, but I receive an error that states "An internal server error has occurred."
Thanks ahead of time.
I am also having this exact same issue.
Solution found
Hey, just going to respond here because I found a solution.
It looks as if i was really anal retentive about what applications facebook talked to and disallowed the use of any applications to interact with facebook. This lead to the the "Internal server error" when trying to add the facebook account to motoblur. This can be fixed using the following:
Account-> Privacy Settings-> Apps & Websites -> Edit Settings-> Turn on platform apps
This should allow you to connect to facebook. It worked for me.
Thank you! Worked perfectly.
not working seems like an issue with https which is now mandatory for using facebook! :-/
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not working seems like an issue with https which is now mandatory for using facebook! :-/
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And it was necessary to dig up a dead 4+ yr old thread that is out of date due to all the fb app updates?
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And it was necessary to dig up a dead 4+ yr old thread that is out of date due to all the fb app updates?
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To have peace of mind that I've tried everything before I give up, yes!
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Just in case you guys don't check permissions when you update apps, or if you just have your apps set to automatically update, you should be made aware of Facebook app permission changes.
Any version AFTER 1.5.4 now has these permissions:
send SMS messages
Allows application to send SMS messages. Malicious applications may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation.
receive SMS
Allows application to receive and process SMS messages. Malicious applications may monitor your messages or delete them without showing them to you.
read SMS or MMS
Allows application to read SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. Malicious applications may read your confidential messages.
edit SMS or MMS
Allows application to write to SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. Malicious applications may delete your messages.
Source click permissions tab.
For those interested I have provided the Facebook 1.5.4 apk which doesn't have these ridiculous permissions.
Go Google +!
Seriously.
That's ridiculous...
Thanks for the heads up
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Thanks Matt
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Thanks for the fyi. Just a minor point of clarification, I don't believe auto-updates occur on the market when apps change their permissions. It will prompt for a manual update instead.
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WTH does facebook need permission to access text messages for? Look up the Permissions Denied app on the market, it can let you pick and choose what permissions to give an app.
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Thanks for the fyi. Just a minor point of clarification, I don't believe auto-updates occur on the market when apps change their permissions. It will prompt for a manual update instead.
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I believe you're correct.
Too many people don't think to check new permissions before installing.
Of course, why would you expect an app like this to want this kind of permission?
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WTH does facebook need permission to access text messages for? Look up the Permissions Denied app on the market, it can let you pick and choose what permissions to give an app.
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I have no freakin' clue but it's really ridiculous.
You'd think Engadget would be pointing this out as another reason Apple is superior.
Permissions denied direct link for anyone interested.
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I believe you're correct.
Too many people don't think to check new permissions before installing.
Of course, why would you expect an app like this to want this kind of permission?
I have no freakin' clue but it's really ridiculous.
You'd think Engadget would be pointing this out as another reason Apple is superior.
Permissions denied direct link for anyone interested.
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I'm guilty of being one of them who doesn't check permissions, but now that I read this, I surely will for now on, thanks Matt!
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So, an app that includes a function that allows you to send messages to people on your friends list shouldn't have permission to access messaging???
Hmmmm
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So, an app that includes a function that allows you to send messages to people on your friends list shouldn't have permission to access messaging???
Hmmmm
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???
How does that make any sense?
Because you can send messages on the Facebook messaging system it should be able to read, edit and even send text and picture mail?
Um, no.
Its the same thing as if the AIM app wanted the same rights.
AIM messaging has nothing to do with my texts.
These are two different types of messaging systems and there's no excuse nor any good reason that this app should be able to send receive or even read my texts/pictexts.
Furthermore, we've been able to use the chat program previous to 1.5.4 and yet back then the app didn't want those permissions.
Gochat doesn't want those permissions.
No excuse.
Fred makes a cracking post on facebook, I want to send it to Jeff, but he's a Luddite who doesn't want anything to do with facebook, but he has a mobile phone, so I forward the post to him via SMS, which of course the facebook app will need access to in order to forward the post.
Jeff then texts me an awesome reply that I want to share with everyone on facebook, so I publish the sms through the facebook app, which again will need permission to access my sms in order to read it and post it online for me.
Does that make sense?
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Fred makes a cracking post on facebook, I want to send it to Jeff, but he's a Luddite who doesn't want anything to do with facebook, but he has a mobile phone, so I forward the post to him via SMS, which of course the facebook app will need access to in order to forward the post.
Jeff then texts me an awesome reply that I want to share with everyone on facebook, so I publish the sms through the facebook app, which again will need permission to access my sms in order to read it and post it online for me.
Does that make sense?
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I can share things between apps just fine without them having the ability to read my texts/pictexts and having the ability to send them.
In fact, I can share something via the Tapatalk app on Facebook....yet... Tapatalk doesn't need access to my Facebook password.
I can even share something on Tapatalk via text message.
Yet....Tapatalk doesn't need access to my texts.
Sorry, not a viable reason.
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Fred makes a cracking post on facebook, I want to send it to Jeff, but he's a Luddite who doesn't want anything to do with facebook, but he has a mobile phone, so I forward the post to him via SMS, which of course the facebook app will need access to in order to forward the post.
Jeff then texts me an awesome reply that I want to share with everyone on facebook, so I publish the sms through the facebook app, which again will need permission to access my sms in order to read it and post it online for me.
Does that make sense?
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Is this function inside the facebook app? There must be some reason why facebook would declare such a permission I believe it won't have any ill intentions tho.
mattykinsx said:
Just in case you guys don't check permissions when you update apps, or if you just have your apps set to automatically update, you should be made aware of Facebook app permission changes.
Any version AFTER 1.5.4 now has these permissions:
send SMS messages
Allows application to send SMS messages. Malicious applications may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation.
receive SMS
Allows application to receive and process SMS messages. Malicious applications may monitor your messages or delete them without showing them to you.
read SMS or MMS
Allows application to read SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. Malicious applications may read your confidential messages.
edit SMS or MMS
Allows application to write to SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. Malicious applications may delete your messages.
Source click permissions tab.
For those interested I have provided the Facebook 1.5.4 apk which doesn't have these ridiculous permissions.
Go Google +!
Seriously.
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Cm7 lets you revoke permissions. Good catch!
mattykinsx said:
I can share things between apps just fine without them having the ability to read my texts/pictexts and having the ability to send them.
In fact, I can share something via the Tapatalk app on Facebook....yet... Tapatalk doesn't need access to my Facebook password.
I can even share something on Tapatalk via text message.
Yet....Tapatalk doesn't need access to my texts.
Sorry, not a viable reason.
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Not used tapatalk myself.
So if I were to send you a text message, you could publish that on FB without logging in?
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Not used tapatalk myself.
So if I were to send you a text message, you could publish that on FB without logging in?
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Of course I have to be logged into Facebook via the app or mobile browser but, and this is the point, my SMS app doesn't need my facebook password to do it
Furthermore, I've never even heard or seen ANY functionality you're speaking of.
So I'm not sure why you're trying to suggest it and why you're trying to justify this obvious breach of security.
Just another reason to be done with Facebook and migrate to Google plus
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thlinx said:
Just another reason to be done with Facebook and migrate to Google plus
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not even 10% of my friends list will ever use Google+ seriously. g+ is for geeking with people you hardly know, fb is for communication with real friends.
detusueno said:
not even 10% of my friends list will ever use Google+ seriously. g+ is for geeking with people you hardly know, fb is for communication with real friends.
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Bull.
Maybe right now but it's already taking off.
Facebook started off like this too, only certain colleges could join then only college students now everyone.
I know some people that are far from "geeks" that are loving Google + more than Facebook.
Now, is it going to take a few years before Google + is a big as Facebook?
Sure, Facebook is 7 years old mind you.
But I have no doubt in it.
Google + is still in beta.
Furthermore wxyz channel 7 in Detroit has a Google +
mattykinsx said:
Of course I have to be logged into Facebook via the app or mobile browser but, and this is the point, my SMS app doesn't need my facebook password to do it
Furthermore, I've never even heard or seen ANY functionality you're speaking of.
So I'm not sure why you're trying to suggest it and why you're trying to justify this obvious breach of security.
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Doing some digging it's probably for the same reason why angry birds had the permissions, in app carrier billing via sms.
Now I can't find any features within the app which would allow that, maybe it can be done via the website so if you make a purchase in a Facebook web app perhaps it will send a sms from your phone to make the payment.
So, rather than start some paranoid ramblings guessing at what it could all be about and how they're going to bankrupt everyone by sending premium rate text messages every second, I thought it'd be an idea to actually ask Facebook, so you never know, we might get an answer.
This may shed some light on the matter
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...ions-to-bring-credits-to-mobile-browsers.html