I’ve started missing out on events just because I am not in the group chats my friends are having on there. That is where I draw my limit. I need to start using Messenger.

However I still wish to use Messenger with as much privacy as possible. I am looking for any advice that might improve my experience and lessen any privacy impact.

I will be creating a fresh account that will just have a picture of me and my first name.

I am running iodeOS (Google-free Android ROM with built in ad-block) on my phone and I am very happy with it so far. I will be blocking messengers outgoing requests as much as possible while still retaining base functionality, but I’m not sure how much that will help.

How do I best use Messenger on Android from a privacy perspective?

  • U2VuZCBudWRlcyA6KSAK@feddit.nuOPEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I get the idea with running it in a browser, but that will give a really bad experience with no notifications and loosing the app among all 100 other tabs I might have open at the same time.

    How naive am I if I just install it and deny it access to camera, microphone, contacts, location and all that? It should not be able to bypass the OS permissions system.

    What I guess I’m asking is what isolation by browser will really do for me. I am trading off a lot of features that will be handy, but what have I won in privacy? I am still using the service.

    I don’t know what an app with only notification permissions can really do, but I guess the answer is “more than it should”…

    • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 months ago

      even if you deny all those permissions, they’ll still be able to track everything what you do in the app, which is enough to build a profile on you including interests, social graph, and even personality traits.