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While some of the more sensationalist parts of this were debunked, here [1] is the article that goes over a critical (non-technical) analysis of the binary itself.

The app uses some private Apple APIs, including capturing the SSID of your wireless network.

[1] http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/facebooks-messenger-a...

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I thought Apple automatically scanned and rejected apps for private API usage

Most likely FB will have an exception agreement with Apple. With their amounts of cash they can easily buy anything...

They do. You can get around this with a little trickery, since they just scan for calls to specific method signatures.

I find it surprising that Apple puts up with blatant and conscious violations of their rules from such a high profile app.

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