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What do Mail.ru, Nissan, Spotify, and Nike have in common? They were all afforded temporary extensions to access private Facebook data API. Continue reading Facebook gave certain companies special access to customer data
Facebook has notified 800,000 users whose privacy has been compromised by a “blocked” bug. It appears that blocked individuals on Facebook and Messenger of the affected users were temporarily unblocked. Facebook also has some new API restri… Continue reading Facebook Bug Unblocked Your Blocked Friends for a Week
Facebook has admitted that the company gave dozens of tech companies and app developers special access to its users’ data after publicly saying it had restricted outside companies to access such data back in 2015.
It’s an unusual clear view of how the… Continue reading Facebook Admits Sharing Users’ Data With 61 Tech Companies
Facebook and Google are doing anything they can to nudge users away from data privacy, a Norwegian agency alleged in a new report. Continue reading Norwegian Agency Dings Facebook, Google For “Unethical” Privacy Tactics
Facebook and Google are doing anything they can to nudge users away from data privacy, a Norwegian agency alleged in a new report. Continue reading Norwegian Agency Dings Facebook, Google For “Unethical” Privacy Tactics
A bug in Facebook has changed the privacy setting of some posts to public, causing the social media giant to notify 14 million users that could have been affected. While the bug is not tagged as major, it could have prompted some people to accidentally… Continue reading 14 Million Facebook Users Notified of Bug Turning Status Posts Public
Facebook admits as many as 14 millions of its users who thought they’re sharing content privately with only friends may have inadvertently shared their posts with everyone because of a software bug.
Facebook said in front of Congress in March over the… Continue reading Facebook bug changed 14 million users’ default privacy settings to public
Facebook is again in hot water after an article alleged it struck deals with device-makers to access users’ data. Continue reading Facebook Defends Against Device-Integrated APIs Policy, But Concerns Remain
After being embroiled into controversies over its data sharing practices, it turns out that Facebook had granted inappropriate access to its users’ data to more than 60 device makers, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, and Samsung.
Accord… Continue reading Facebook Accused of Giving Over 60 Device-Makers Deep Access to User Data
Is there no end to Facebook’s petty humiliations? It is now the turn of an obscure startup called Six4Three to cause the company trouble. Continue reading Facebook battles tiny startup over privacy accusations