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Facebook Android app enables silent updates (bypassing the Play Store) (liliputing.com)
3 points by trendspotter on March 15, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I like how the journalists are going crazy because the update requests a new permission "download files without notification". The articles I read interpret that as "Facebook can update their app and change permissions without telling me!!!!" I wasn't familiar with this permission so I did a quick Google search (something maybe the journalists should have done?) and it is related to the Android download manager added in 4.0 (4.1?). (http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/950273) Way to scare everyone "journalists", I hope you enjoy your pageviews.




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