Oct 21, 2010

New Facebook privacy breach involves apps leaking user data

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/17/new-facebook-privacy.html

Results of a Wall Street Journal investigation published today show that many of the most popular Facebook applications have been transmitting personally identifying information—in some cases, even your friends' names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies.

The issue affects tens of millions of Facebook app users, including people who set their profiles to be completely private. The practice breaks Facebook's r
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