alt Hacker NewsMeta has a history of using simple features, like sending a photo to a contact in WhatsApp, to gain access to the user’s entire library for other purposes. This is illegal in Europe.
They use dark patterns and deception, and without knowing the details here I suspect Meta is guilty.
Meta’s response even stinks of these dark patterns, glossing over informed consent.
Yes it says so in the article. Users gave permission to access photos for one purpose and Meta abused it to access all photos for other purposes. They tried to weasel out of it by using a fine print "and other purposes" in the consent dialog, it didn't work.