Peaches Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Facebook apps leak personal data to third partiesWSJ says unique IDs are being transmitted A number of Facebook apps have been providing advertisers with information that make social networking users easily identifiable, according to an investigation by the Wall Street Journal. All 10 of Facebook's most popular apps, including Farmville and Texas HoldEm Poker, are among those leaking the unique 'Facebook ID' number to outside firms. Every Facebook number is individual and assigned to every profile. Searching for the number will provide access to the Facebook user's profile and anyone can view the information a user has chosen to share with 'everyone'. This can include their name, date of birth and even photos. Farmville, which has 59 million users, also passes this information about a user's friends. The WSJ said at least 25 firms were being sent the Facebook IDs, which they were using to build profiles of web users, and in some cases, even track their web browsing. It's not known if the developers knew their apps were leaking data. Read more here: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3244559 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 People are stupid to use apps on any type of social website. Not only are they insecure, but it is irritating to be constantly barraged with invites to join in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peaches Posted October 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 I have been invited many times to join and fact of the matter is that I simply am not interested. I do not play poker or bingo or other games of that nature online - reason is quite obvious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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