Facebook Messenger for Android requires a lot of permissions - like reading my SMS and other stuff. I really don't like that. Is there any fb chat application which doesn't require such permissions?
In fact i would only need a notification when there is a new message.
Facebook App > Settings > Notifications
The messenger now handles SMS as part of its functionality, hence the permission, but there's no reason to use it since the default app will do what you need. – RossC Feb 3 '14 at 11:07