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Messenger needs access to your camera, for instance, so that you can send pictures, and few people would want to confirm microphone access every time they use the app to place a call.These kinds of sweeping permissions are also extremely common - probably to a degree you don’t realize. In Facebook’s defense, there are plenty of legitimate reasons for requesting these permissions. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed.Īs others such as the Washington Post noted, however, many of these permission requests are neither uncommon nor unreasonable and aren't really much different or more onerous than the permissions required by the main Facebook app itself: Allows the app to get a list of accounts known by the phone.This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call. Allows the app to access the phone features of the device.This means the app can identify you and may send your profile information to others. Allows the app to read personal profile information stored on your device, such as your name and contact information.Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your phone, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific individuals.This permission allows apps to save your call log data, and malicious apps may share call log data without your knowledge. Allows the app to read you phone's call log, including data about incoming and outgoing calls.This permission allows the app to use the camera at any time without your confirmation.

I've posted, word for word, a few of the most aggressive app permission you've accepted. I'm willing to bet that few, if any, of those who downloaded this app read the full Terms of Service before accepting them and downloading the app.If you're one of those 1,000,000,000 people who have downloaded this app, take a moment to read the following. Facebook's Messenger App, which boasts over 1,000,000,000 downloads, requires the acceptance of an alarming amount of personal data and, even more startling, direct control over your mobile device.