If many have learned to live with these behaviours, the truth is that there are always changes, not always welcome. The latest of them will now be happening, with the Android Facebook app asking for superuser permissions. Complaints have been appearing more and more consistently and they note that the latest version of the Android Facebook app (172.0.0.66.93) is asking for more permissions than expected.
Too many permissions for Facebook
Specifically, this new version is asking for superuser permissions on devices that have root applied. Of course, these are not normal permissions, and there are very few apps that really require them in a justified way.
A recurring behaviour
There are already many users who have used social networks to report this abnormal situation, also trying to know the reason for this behaviour and the measures to be taken. This is not the first time this behaviour appears in Facebook apps. In previous situations, this request was removed with the next update, without any major problem associated.
— Nikolaos Chrysaidos (@virqdroid) May 18, 2019
The cause of this superuser request
According to some comments, this request arises due to a programming error, which has not reactivated the root presence verification on the devices. It’s just speculation, but it will probably be the cause of this situation. It is clear that access to these permissions should not be requested by the application and that it should be denied by users. By allowing this access you are giving too many unnecessary permissions to an app that already has access to excessive information. So, what do you think about this? Simply share all your views and thoughts in the comment section below.
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