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calamityjanitor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Seems weird to have a separate app read sent and received messages? Is it poking holes in the Messages app sandbox?
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calamityjanitor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Seems weird to have a separate app read sent and received messages? Is it poking holes in the Messages app sandbox?
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Lots of apps are able to interact with your text messages. Many apps are able to intercept one time passcode messages when registering accounts for instance.
It’s also not weird to separate this if they intend for it to be able to be used in other areas as well.
Just because it may be used only by Messages right now, doesn’t mean that it’s intended to only be used there.
patatahooligan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As far as I know, the apps are not intercepting the text messages for passcodes. The messages have a specific format and a hash to indicate which app they are targeting. It is up to the messages app to read the message and to forward the code. This design should not need to give the apps any access to your messages.