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.

  • Chaunticleer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    22 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·
      17 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·
            12 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·
              10 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.