The permissions list is long because RockMelt lets you do many of the things you can do on facebook.com, including sharing links, writing on their walls, seeing friend updates, and more. The more an application does, the more permissions it needs, and the longer list.
Facebook permissions tend to be written primarily for web applications – like playing a game. Because of this, it may be easier to understand the permissions RockMelt asks for by adding a “Use RockMelt to…” in front of the actual wording.
Facebook permissions tend to be written primarily for web applications – like playing a game. Because of this, it may be easier to understand the permissions RockMelt asks for by adding a “Use RockMelt to…” in front of the actual wording.
So for example, the “Post to my Wall” permission RockMelt asks for is better understood by thinking of it as a request to “Use RockMelt to post to my Wall.”
Also, some of the permissions give examples of information that may be requested in parentheses. Just because it’s listed does not mean RockMelt requests every item: Facebook tends to “bucket” requests and list out all the potential examples.
RockMelt takes privacy very seriously and will never spam you or share your data with Facebook or anyone else. We'll also never post status updates without your permission.
RockMelt takes privacy very seriously and will never spam you or share your data with Facebook or anyone else. We'll also never post status updates without your permission.
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Why Each Permission is Needed and How It's used
• Access my basic information (Includes name, profile picture, gender, networks, user ID, list of friends, and any other information I’ve shared with everyone)
This permission allows RockMelt to access a user's photo, name, and list of friends, which are used to populate the Friend Edge with a user's friends and add the user's profile picture to the upper left corner of the browser.
• Send me email (RockMelt may email me directly at [name@email.com])
This permission is so RockMelt can communicate urgent news or updates to users quickly (we'll never spam users or sell their info)
• Post to my Wall (RockMelt may post status messages, notes, photos, and videos to my Wall)
This permission is needed to allow users to post status updates on their own wall through RockMelt’s sharing features (which is why you might see the “via RockMelt” under Facebook status updates).
RockMelt will never automatically post new status updates, notes, photos or videos to people's walls without users doing so themselves using RockMelt’s Share button and sharing features. As mentioned before, this permission may be better understood as a “Use RockMelt to post to my Wall” permission.
• Access posts in my News Feed
RockMelt uses this permission to add a user's Facebook News Feed into RockMelt directly so they can access their News Feed without going to Facebook.com
• Access my data any time (RockMelt may access my data when I’m not using the application)
This permission allows RockMelt to get users' feeds in the background, so it can show them up-to-date information as soon as they log in
• Access my profile information (Likes, Music, TV, Movies, Books, Quotes, Groups, Notes, Birthday, Current City and Facebook Status)
This permission lets RockMelt include users' Facebook status updates and “likes” into the RockMelt browser directly. We’re also thinking of ways to add in other features – such as notes and more – later
• Access my friends’ information (Birthdays, Likes, Music, TV, Movies, Books, Quotes, Online Presence, Notes, Photos, Videos, Photos and Videos of Them and Facebook Statuses)
This permission lets a user see their friends’ photos, status updates, “likes” and more right inside RockMelt so they don’t have to go to facebook.com everytime (instead, they can click on their friends’ profile icons on the Friend Edge sidebar or click on the Facebook News Feed App).
