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·
      1 day 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·
        20 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·
              15 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·
                13 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.