On again, off again... FB promises On again... Soon
CNN News
January 18, 2011 9:11 AM PST
Facebook backtracks on apps grabbing address, cell number
by Lance Whitney
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Facebook is temporarily putting the kibosh on a new tweak
that gave apps the ability to capture someone's cell number and address.
Pushed through on Friday, the new change expanded on the information
already available to third-party app developers based on a user's permissions.
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In a blog post late yesterday, Facebook said it had received useful "feedback" from users
over the weekend on ways to make the process more transparent. As a result,
the company has temporarily taken the feature offline with the goal of refining it
to help people understand that they're intentionally choosing to share such information.
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Facebook is promising that an improved version will find its way back online in the next few weeks.
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