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Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think by mixedCase on Saturday May 27, 2017 @01:55AM (#14429091)
> The fact that they try to force me to install their messenger app

Treat it as asynchronous communication, using a client like Swipe for Facebook (for Android, don't know about iOS alternatives) to look at messages when you feel like doing it.

Use another app for synchronous purposes. Facebook's own WhatsApp is a lot more secure, for starters.

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Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think by cesnja on Saturday May 27, 2017 @07:43AM (#14429734)
If you have the option, hosting your own bitlbee instance with bitlbee-facebook plugin [1] could be even better, since you can access it with any irc client you like. The additional benefit of always being logged in (and messages being marked read as soon as the come) is that facebook has no way to monitor your passive usage of their chat service.

[1] https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee-facebook

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