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Old 10-18-2010, 01:17 PM   #1
classicman
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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.
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Its getting even worse ... Damn glad I don't play any of them.
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Old 10-18-2010, 01:25 PM   #2
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Damn glad I don't play any of them.
Yeah, but if any of your friends play them, then your FB info is compromised already.

I think at this point, if anyone thinks there is anything private about what they put on FB, they have a serious lack of understanding about how FB works, regardless of their settings.
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