[governance] Is this for real?

[Roland Perry]

at 22:17:37 on Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro 
<salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> writes

>  [Google web history]

>Scary :o

It's the tip of the iceberg. Data being collected, and permissions 
given, are much broader than people generally realise.

The most recent is perhaps "Facebook reading your emails".

<http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1137661--facebook-denies-accusat
ion-it-s-spying-on-text-messages>

Although in this case I agree with the analysis that often even if a 
permission is granted, it doesn't mean it's being used (even in a benign 
way, let alone a malicious way).

Looking at the Facebook Android App, and posting here without comment, 
it requires (amongst others) the following permissions:

Read SMS messages stored on your phone.
Receive and process SMS messages (allows monitoring or deleting without
   showing them to you).
Write to SMS messages stored on your phone.
Send SMS messages.
Read & Modify all of the contact(address) data stored on your phone.
Manage accounts, including adding and removing accounts.
Read phone state (including your phone number and the phone number you
   are connected to).
-- 
Roland Perry

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