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Re:PSN automatically "roots" your Facebook, no permission gr... by mikeknoop on Sunday March 11, 2012 @08:15PM (#3691767)
As TazeTSchnitzel alludes to, HTC and their Sense interface use a similar "special manufacturer" authentication permission to accomplish this.

EDIT: To clarify, Facebook has made a special deal with HTC (or Sony in the case of this post) to allow these non-standard browser oAuth flows.

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Re:PSN automatically "roots" your Facebook, no permission gr... by Eduard on Monday March 12, 2012 @01:54AM (#3692487)
Has anyone tried to sniff on the authentication protocol going on here? I'd like to know if every oauth consumer can use these hidden permissions.
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