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Re:Facebook Data Collected by Quiz App Included Private Mess... by spike021 on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @06:13PM (#16806020)
On one hand it's actually a fairly reasonable API. Imagine using third-party AIM clients a decade or more ago. Same kind of thing.
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Re:Facebook Data Collected by Quiz App Included Private Mess... by ex3ndr on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @07:22PM (#16806583)
They never provided ability to send messages. This is a useless thing for AIM clients.
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Re:Facebook Data Collected by Quiz App Included Private Mess... by simcop2387 on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:53PM (#16807143)
You used to be able to connect to facebook messenger via XMPP. Combined with this permission, it would have let you retrieve historical messages and add persistence among alternative clients.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9266769

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Re:Facebook Data Collected by Quiz App Included Private Mess... by spike021 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:49PM (#16812998)
Actually they did. I used the old OSX iChat to message with friends on FB.

Other third party applications had that ability as well.

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