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To: Cboldt
I heard that the app accessed all friends of those who used the app.

Six degrees of everbody.

Did I hear it right? Don't have a link, but read it here somewhere.

367 posted on 03/21/2018 4:02:20 AM PDT by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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To: bagster

That’s what a preponderance of apps out there do anyway.

I just don’t buy the leak coming from our team. It pretty clearly was meant as an attack thereof. Along with the undercover expose, CA is done. That FB is taking a hit for it is collateral damage IMO.


388 posted on 03/21/2018 4:25:29 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: bagster
-- I heard that the app accessed all friends of those who used the app. --

The FB news page goes into some detail there. The data access was pefectly according to FB allowance and protocol, and yes, did reach beyond those who downloaded the app to get their free "personality profile."

270,000 people downloaded the app. In so doing, they gave their consent for Kogan to access information such as the city they set on their profile, or content they had liked, as well as more limited information about friends who had their privacy settings set to allow it.
The offense was passing this information to a third party. FB controls which third parties can get that info. I think the rules are DEM politicical use is allowed, GOP political use is forbidden, or something like that.

User's terms of service are that FB can sell your data. You don't get to choose who they sell it to.

Ultimately, this incident may have affected how FB ads were directed to a FB user's attention. That's the ultimate ramification.

390 posted on 03/21/2018 4:27:28 AM PDT by Cboldt
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