[MaryFromMichigan]

Facebook has privacy settings for a reason.
Use them, people.

Facebook: Another Privacy Scandal
"The Journal found that in 25 instances the third-party app companies were taking in users' Facebook identification numbers. The number then tied into a user's profile and could identify the person by name, no matter how secure his or her privacy settings were."

More- Latest breach adds to Facebook's privacy problems

[AppyPappy]

That’s the same as clicking on a link and getting a virus. People are too trusting. I never install 3rd party apps.

[Terpfen]

Sorry, but authorizing a third-party app and enabling non-friends to view a profile or friends list are different topics altogether. And I get what you’re trying to say, that the third-party apps can lead to unauthorized profile access, but there are no “Debt Collector” apps for Facebook.