Reply to post: Re: Whatsapp?

Facebook Messenger: All your numbers are belong to us

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Re: Whatsapp?

"Although it's already grabbed your contacts and silo'd them, presumably Marshmallow lets you bar it from your contacts in the future?"

Only if you allow it to do so. Go into messenger, then options, then people and uncheck Sync Contacts. Job done.

Also, I recommend the use of an app called "Dcentral1" which analyses the privacy risk of every app you have installed and rates them in a simple scale. FB messenger weighs in at a rating of 18; which is a low to moderate risk (depending on the weighting you give it). It is beaten squarely by Outlook, Snapchat, Lync and even Touchdown, all of which leak far more data than Messenger. The worst app for leaking data I have on my phone is Lync 2013, which scores 47.

Feel free to downvote me for doing some research of my own, rather than relying on the received wisdom of crowds.

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