> What honest and useful reason can Facebook have to get access to my texts? Seemingly they’re running with the “It will help us target better” message.
A Facebook engineer explained this permission on Reddit when the story first broke. They are using SMS access to speed up two-factor authentication. (They send an SMS to your phone, and then read it automatically.)
A Facebook engineer explained this permission on Reddit when the story first broke. They are using SMS access to speed up two-factor authentication. (They send an SMS to your phone, and then read it automatically.)
Full explanation here: http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1t5z45/facebook_why_the...
Should this information comfort you? It depends on if you trust Facebook.