I’ve been trying to migrate away from snapchat for years now because everything about it irritates me but I’ve still got like 3 stragglers for whom it is my main form of communication.

  • paranoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    23 hours ago

    I’ve never given Snapchat access to my contacts ever. It’s not only blocked in the app, but also on the system level. And yet I still get connection suggestions “from your contacts”. It’s infuriating

    • dodecadance@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
      11·
      23 hours ago

      TikTok did the same shit back when I used it. It’s weird because I’ve always kept my internet life separate from my personal life, and now every app is begging to show my closest friends and family my shitposts, political takes and NSFW content. I’m mostly done with traditional social media by now at this point anyway. I’ve managed to kick tiktok and am now permanently banned from reddit so hopefully I won’t get sucked back in.

      • Chaunticleer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        11·
        21 hours ago

        If you logged in using a phone number they’re referencing you from other people who have you in their contacts.

        If you tell them no, they just dick you from another angle

        • paranoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          16 hours ago

          This is what I thought too until I noticed the contacts listed were using the names I have for them - “apprehension”, “brazzle”, “dizzy”, “momster”, “Jared who hit me”.

          They’re not using another angle to dick people over, they’re just ignoring security preferences and blaming us for getting mad

              • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                1·
                11 hours ago

                If you can prove that, you’d probably have a nice story on your hand. I don’t think there’s currently a known way an app can bypass system permissions for contacts on current Android/iOS.

                • paranoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  9 hours ago

                  Just to follow up here, and to share what I’ve got

                  “Invite to Snapchat” from my contacts, with their specific names: "Invite to Snapchat" from my contacts, with their specific names and the permissions for Snapchat, showing contacts is not allowed: the permissions for Snapchat, showing contacts is not allowed

                  After looking at this, I set everything to “ask every time”. I also removed access to the phone app… I haven’t talked to almost anyone on that list on the phone, but I figure it couldn’t hurt to further restrict.