Facebook Messenger is in the center of attention today after it was revealed last week that Facebook collects SMS and call logs of users who have mobile phones with the Android operating system. The Facebook company denied this through a press release, but this practice for Facebook Messenger, and not only that, is very old and the American company said that it does this because Google allows it through Android.
Facebook Messenger is now the target of a new lawsuit opened against the Facebook company, the petitioners' motivation being based on the fact that their SMS and call logs were collected without their knowledge. Those who opened this lawsuit against Facebook Messenger would like other users of the messaging platform to join them so that Facebook is held accountable for collecting data without people knowing what is happening.
Facebook Messenger – the first problems for Facebook
Facebook Messenger collects SMS and call logs of Android users because the application asks for permissions to do so, and users accept them without really knowing what is happening in the background. However, Facebook said that the data retrieved via Facebook Messenger is stored securely in its servers, so theoretically only the company and the security agencies of the United States and other countries could access them to analyze them, although normally not even that no really ok
"Three users of the Facebook Messenger app sued Facebook on Tuesday, saying the social network violated their privacy by collecting logs of their phone calls and text messages, in the latest legal challenge facing the company. The US lawsuit filed in federal court in the Northern District of California seeks status as a class action on behalf of all affected users and asks for unspecified damages."
Facebook Messenger is one of the biggest messaging platforms on the planet, and the fact that it collected SMS and call logs from users should not surprise anyone, because Facebook collects everything it can from people. Facebook Messenger cannot collect the same data from the iPhone because Apple does not allow the application to access such data, otherwise Facebook would have unreservedly collected information from iOS users over the years.
