Facebook App Reads Text Messages
Linda Berens
Top internet firms like Facebook, Yahoo and Flickr are able to read personal text messages and photographs sent via smartphones because many mobile phone apps give their developers the right to go through such content.
"When this feature is enabled, uploading your contacts also allows us to use information like when a call or text was made or received," the explanation reads. "This feature does not collect the content of your calls or text messages. Your information is securely stored and we do not sell this information to third parties. You are always in control of the information you share with Facebook."
As other posters have noted, a lot of the content may be encrypted. I might not be able to see the actual text of your messages. I CAN, however, see how often you use that app, etc. Most employers really won't care enough to try to decrypt your packets, but remember they have everything they need to do so. At the very least, the employer can see what you're spending time on.
However, the reality is that this is rarer than many think. It is one things to collect data and completely another to have the resources to actually analyse it and do something with it. Multiply that effort by the number of employees and you soon end up with a lot of data needing a lot of resources. In most cases, there will not be active monitoring, but rather a passive monitoring - data will be collected and then only looked at when some other event occurs, such as being investigated for misconduct. However, in general, very few employers are going to be at all interested in your text messages, tweets or whatsapp posts.
It probably is the meta data which will more often be the biggest issue rather than the actual content of what you send. Getting the content and being able to process it into something meaningful is too resource intensive for most employers. Having a summary which shows that while at work, during an average day, you visit facebook 1000 times, read your gmail mail 50 times, sent 400 text messages etc is a much easier metric to collect and usually sufficient for most employers to ask for you to exlain why you have so much time to do all of this, especially if there are questions about your work performance.
I was having a text discussion on my MacBook Air in the messages app. It was the only app that was open. A half hour later I opened Facebook on Safari and the first ad I see is for the very product I was discussing in my text chat.
Marking messages as unread is easy and only takes seconds, but it differs between the mobile and browser versions. Nonetheless, both processes are very simple. The shift is limited to specific threads, so the modifications only apply to the intended conversations.
I absolutely HATE the sudden reading of my text messages out loud ... sitting at my desk and "YOU HAVE A TEXT MESSAGE FROM ". then it goes on to read the private message to my colleagues, mom, boss ... I cant figure out how to turn it off, pretty sure a hammer will solve it but that will probably void my warranty... right ?
Facebook Messenger is like a frickin virus. It takes over your SMS, phone, contacts, and they force you to download it just so you can view your facebook messages. Chat heads pop up automatically, dominating your phone.
Yesterday evening, around 8:30 Central Time, the Message + app suddenly started going off with multiple text message alerts. At first, I thought it was a group text thread, but when I checked my phone, I had over 150 new messages. There were multiple messages that I had already read that were showing up as unread, and others that I had deleted that reappeared as unread, going back over a week ago. My phone is a Galaxy S10e. Did anyone else experience this problem, or know what caused it?
That means you don't have to pull out your phone to check your messages while you're walking around a city during your morning commute. You can also respond to the text messages using your voice, and Siri will send them off for you. This is a feature that will roll out in iOS 13 this fall, but I've been using the developer beta so I can show you how it works.
That's it. Now, when your phone receives a text message, Siri will speak the contents of that message into your AirPods. It seems like Siri should be able to do the same for notifications from other apps in the future, but right now it's purely limited to messages.
I have the same problem here. I have the versa 4 and have this "link sent" icon on my watch when i tap it to respond to a given message. if my phone is close by it opens the message there for me to respond. I'm trying to actually respond to the message from my watch versus on my phone. This is not an issue with facebook message; however, regular messages seems to cause a roadblock and diverts me to the phone to respond there.
i found this area. there's another area advanced did you have to navigate there to click a feature there? It still seems to not fix the issue either. facebook messages work great though the watch though.
One popular app, mSpy, boasts the ability to monitor text messages, calls and social media interactions. The app can be installed remotely on an iPhone if you have the proper iCloud credentials. For Android phones, someone will need to install it on the phone directly.
It is a common sense to people that reading text messages or texting back while driving is very dangerous, yet still a lot of people are getting accidents on account of this. Phone developers are trying their best to avoid this kind of situation. If you are using iPhone, Siri can read your last text messages with the command like "read my text messages" or "Read my messages". Similar with Siri, Google Now also supports reading text messages. Besides, many apps are provided to help your read text out loud, which is even better than Siri or Google Now.
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The messages sit there in an inbox or in bold text on your phone until they are fetched. You may see a little number on the Email or Messages icon to tell you how many unread messages are waiting for you.
While text messages are a fun and convenient way to keep in touch with family and friends, having to constantly open your messaging app to read and reply can get repetitive. With the Bubble feature for One UI 3, One UI 4, and One UI 5, you can make your messages appear as little popups. Your most recent messages will remain in the bubble for you to view, and you can tap the bubble to open the conversation in a popup window. Now it will be easier to reply to texts while still enjoying your Galaxy phone's other features and apps.
Apple CarPlay receivers are the latest and greatest way to make your driving experience more convenient. By connecting your iPhone to CarPlay, you can do things like get driving directions, stream music, make phone calls and draft hands-free responses to text messages. But there are small changes you can make to get more out of your CarPlay receiver. Here are some tips for using CarPlay more effectively.
The use of e-mail, text messages, and social networking websites like Facebook become more popular every day. As a result, insurance companies are more and more frequently looking to use those electronic communications against injured workers. At the same time, workers should be aware of how they can use those same technologies to protect themselves in the event they suffer a work injury.
In addition to being careful about posting anything searchable on the internet, workers also should be careful about the content of any e-mails and text messages they write. An employer and its insurance company may seek and obtain copies of those e-mails and text messages and attempt to use them to their benefit.
At the same time, the injured worker can use electronic communications to confirm and preserve in writing helpful information that might otherwise be lost. For example, in addition to verbally notifying your supervisor of a work injury, it may not be a bad idea to follow-up that verbal communication immediately with a very short text message to your supervisor (e.g. "just hurt myself at work"). Also, when you begin a job, your employer may be willing to confirm via e-mail or text message the hours you can expect to work per day or per week. That way, if your employer later claims you did not report the injury right away or could not have expected to work a certain number of hours, you might be able to present text messages or e-mails demonstrating otherwise.
Be aware, however, that most service providers (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, etc.) do not maintain a record of their customers' text messages indefinitely. In fact, most providers destroy records of text messages very quickly, sometimes within fifteen days. Therefore, you should request records of those communications immediately from your service provider. Also, consider printing copies of any important e-mails or text messages immediately. Avoid doing so, however, from any computers, phones, or other devices or services your employer provided to you. Otherwise, you may end up violating certain "computer use" policies your employer may have in place.
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