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Facebook Applications Transmitting Identifying Information
Kim White Bloomberg Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the F8 developer conference this spring. Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people's names and, in some cases, their friends' names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. The issue affects tens of millions of Facebook app users, including people who set their profiles to Facebook's strictest privacy settings. The practice breaks Facebook's rules, and renews questions about its ability to keep identifiable information about its users' activities secure. Facebook says it is taking steps to "dramatically limit" the exposure of users' personal information, after a WSJ investigation showed that personal IDs were being transmitted to third parties via Facebook apps.
Une enquête du Wall Street Journal révèle que toutes les applications les plus populaires utilisées sur le site de réseau social collectent des données personnelles et les envoient à des tiers en violation des règles établies par Facebook. A chaque jour ou presque son lot de révélation sur la sécurité de Facebook . Et comme souvent, les nouvelles du front ne sont pas bonnes. Quelques jours après qu’un blogueur anglophone a alerté d’une faille permettant à l’application iPhone de Facebook de récupérer et partager le numéro de téléphone de tous les contacts de l’utilisateur, c’est cette fois le Wall Street Journal qui fait à peu près le même constat, mais pour la majorité des applications utilisée sur le site du numéro un des réseaux sociaux.
Facebook une nouvelle fois face à ses problèmes de confidentialité
Updated: Some of the most popular Facebook apps — including games such as Zynga’s FarmVille, which has almost 60 million monthly users — have been routinely transmitting information about Facebook users to third parties, including companies such as RapLeaf that are building profiles for sale to advertisers and marketers, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal . Facebook told the newspaper that it’s planning to introduce new systems that will make it harder for apps to send user data to other companies, something that is a breach of Facebook’s terms of use. The information some apps allegedly transmit is the Facebook ID number that is unique to each user. According to the Journal, this number gets transmitted by some apps even when the user in question has their account set to “private.”
Facebook Apps Leaking User Info to Third Parties: Tech News «
Facebook has been caught in another privacy-related dust-up, after the Wall Street Journal reported that a number of the social network’s most popular apps and games have been sending “personal information” to third parties , including companies that compile data on users for sale to advertisers and marketers. In the context of Facebook’s ongoing issues with privacy, it seems like a fairly major problem, and the tone of the WSJ piece suggests it’s a major breach of privacy by the social network — but is it really? The information that the Journal is referring to in its report is the user ID that each member of Facebook gets when they join. According to the newspaper, all of the top 10 apps on the social network — including FarmVille and other popular games — were transmitting user IDs of Facebook members to advertising networks and other third parties, and in some cases, those apps were sending the ID numbers of a user’s friends as well.
Facebook Apps Send User Info — Should You Care?
Facebook continues plans to give your mobile number and home address to apps.
Facebook is resuming the release of its feature for applications to request personal information such as phone number and home address. This is the second time it has rolled this out, pulling it back a few days after it was launched in January amid congressional security concerns. Among those that were most vocal about these issues were Reps. Ed Markey and Joe Barton , who have a history of targeting tech companies over perceived lack of transparency and clarity regarding data transfers.Facebook To Share Users' Home Addresses, Phone Numbers With External Sites
See update below Facebook will be moving forward with a controversial plan to give third-party developers and external websites the ability to access users' home addresses and cellphone numbers in the face of criticism from privacy experts, users, and even congressmen. Facebook quietly announced the new policy in a note posted to its Developer Blog in January. It suspended the feature just three days later following user outcry, while promising that it would be "re-enabling this improved feature in the next few weeks." In response to a letter penned by Representatives Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) expressing concern over the new functionality, Facebook reaffirmed that it will be allowing third parties to request access to users' addresses and phone numbers.
Facebook May Highlight App Permissions for Contact Info, Prevent Minors from Sharing
Facebook has responded to Congressman Ed Markey’s questions about its plan to allow users to grant applications access to their phone number and home addresses. The response explains that Facebook is considering answering widespread criticism of the plan by highlighting contact information requests in the permissions screen and barring apps from asking minors for this info. On January 14th, Facebook announced in a post on its Developers Blog that it would begin allowing users to authorize applications to access their mobile phone number and home address through that standard “Requests for Permission” dialog that users see when installing apps.
Using Facebook UIDs - Développeurs Facebook
We take user privacy seriously. We are dedicated to protecting private user data while letting users enjoy rich experiences with their friends. This more social Web will only occur if users trust that they are in control of their information. Our policy is very clear about protecting user data, ensuring that no one can access private user information without explicit user consent.
Following Data Leak, Facebook Proposes Encryption for UIDs
In response to a discovery earlier this week that some Facebook applications were inadvertently sharing user information to third parties , Facebook engineers are proposing that Facebook UIDs become encrypted. Under the new proposal, the parameters that are passed back to iFrame-based applications will be encrypted using an application’s secret key, meaning that only the actual application will be able to read the information and accidental disclosures over HTTP headers will no longer be possible. This proposal follows Facebook’s acknowledgement earlier this week that some applications, including popular games by Zynga and LOLapps , were inadvertently passing on user ID (UID) information to advertisers and other third parties.