Facebook Gave Some Developers Access To Users' Friends After Policy Changed (usatoday.com) 31
Facebook granted a select group of companies special access to its users' records even after the point in 2015 that the company has claimed it stopped sharing such data with app developers. USA Today reports: According to the Wall Street Journal, which cited court documents, unnamed Facebook officials and other unnamed sources, Facebook made special agreements with certain companies called "whitelists," which gave them access to extra information about a user's friends. This includes data such as phone numbers and "friend links," which measure the degree of closeness between users and their friends. These deals were made separately from the company's data-sharing agreements with device manufacturers such as Huawei, which Facebook disclosed earlier this week after a New York Times report on the arrangement. Facebook said following the WSJ report it inked deals with a small number of developers that gave them access to users' friends after the more restrictive policy went into effect.
You are the product! (Score:2)
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If you have not figured that out yet, it is too late. Only post what you are willing to give away.
Fixed that for you.
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Re:You are the product! (Score:5, Interesting)
But what about all the information other people post about me?
The greatest con that social networks ever pulled was to get everyone to spy on everyone else for them so they didn't have to do it themselves.
where's the feds? (Score:2)
Isn't it about time the government smacked Zuckerberg down hard?
I mean this is just more proof that his evasion and lies during his congressional hearings were blatant.
of course (Score:2)
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Pretty sure facebook's motto has always been been:
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they "trust" me. dumb fucks
It can't be remembered enough that Zuckerburg actually said that.
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Zuckerburg: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuckerburg: Just ask.
Zuckerburg: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend’s Name]: What? How’d you manage that one?
Zuckerburg: People just submitted it.
Zuckerburg: I don’t know why.
Zuckerburg: They “trust me”
Zuckerburg: Dumb fucks.
"End Quote"
As the product (Score:2)
My Privacy! The Settings Do Nothing!
Facebook so shady... (Score:1)
At least people finally stopped nagging me to join Facebook and now realized my paranoia was justified.
Kick the Puppy Harder (Score:2)
The problem with lying and cheating is that eventually your malfeasance will come to light.
Facebook is like a domestic abuser that people just can't leave because they love it so much.
All that will change when Clinton will head it (Score:2)
https://www.washingtonpost.com... [washingtonpost.com]
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https://www.washingtonpost.com... [washingtonpost.com]
Don't laugh, she has experience as a mail-server admin... "the most qualified candidate for the position", etc.
They "trust me." Dumb fucks. (Score:4, Informative)
Five words that tell you everything you need to know about Zuckerberg.