When A Greedy Oligarch Tries To Be Hip...
Kat Blaque

https://youtu.be/rEZa4gnqHrE?si=E6N6O4vvIcnd6Vjk

Excellent analysis.
#Facebook #capitalism #JoeRogan #Zuckerberg

So there's a part halfway through the video where she pastes in a TikTok video of a guy warning against using Facebook Messenger because it's basically a spying device, scanning all your Wi-Fi networks for devices and that sort of thing.

I thought to myself, "he must be talking about the Android version of the app". Indeed, if you're on Android, yikes, I wouldn't install it:

The Scary Truth About Your Facebook Messenger App Privacy

In a world where our privacy is being invaded constantly, this post takes an in-depth look at your Facebook Messenger App privacy and the truth behind it.

Crambler (crambler.com)

The iPhone does block companies like Meta and Google from vacuuming up too much of your data.

I worked on the #Android team from 2010 to 2014, and I had a real crisis of hating what I saw Android had become. But #Meta actually pushes the envelope as far as being creepy even more than #Google ever has.

Meta was caught downloading people's SMS and call logs. On Android only.

How Facebook was able to collect Android text and phone logs

First reported by Ars Technica, Facebook was able to collect SMS message and phone call logs of Android users. But was this information scraped? A fact-check on the opt-in process and how Google's operating system allowed it.

(www.cbsnews.com)

Android has extremely granular permissions, which is great if you're a nerd, but in this case it allows apps like FB Messenger to do all sorts of creepy stuff like scan Wi-Fi and BT devices.