Facebook dropped a privacy bombshell on an unsuspecting user base before the start of the holiday weekend: Going forward, it will make a user’s address and mobile phone number accessible as part of the User Graph object. That means that users’ addresses and mobile numbers are now available to third party developers of such apps as, say, FarmVille. Facebook acknowledged it was dealing with “sensitive information” in the blog post making the announcement. For that reason, it created a special opt-in permission requirement.
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Facebook Drops Another 'P' Bomb
Posted by: Erika Morphy January 17, 2011 10:55 AMFacebook dropped a privacy bombshell on an unsuspecting user base before the start of the holiday weekend: Going forward, it will make a user’s address and mobile phone number accessible as part of the User Graph object. That means that users’ addresses and mobile numbers are now available to third party developers of such apps as, say, FarmVille. Facebook acknowledged it was dealing with “sensitive information” in the blog post making the announcement. For that reason, it created a special opt-in permission requirement.