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[Switched] Facebook is no stranger to privacy problems. The company has come under fire for its use of ads, and has fallen victim to gaping security holes that reveal personal information users have elected to keep private.
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[Startup Meme] The Careless Case of the Facebook iPhone App | Startup Meme ...: The current one comes to Facebook's iPhone app in less than a week of its release. The app itself is pretty impressive with the feel of the Facebook on the Web but the developer overlooked the privacy settings and the result is anyone .
[Obsessable News Feed] Facebook for iPhone 3.0 hits App Store, Facebook to update privacy ...: Facebook also announced plans to overhaul its privacy controls and policy. The improvements are meant to reduce the chance that third-party apps will scam you with phishing schemes or deliver malware to your computer.
[iTWire - Latest Headlines] iTWire - Facebook 3.0 faces iPhone: all poke but no push: As far as I can see, 3.0 doesn't feature any such privacy feature, and will therefore allow any video to be uploaded to the world directly from an unsuspecting iPhone. This feature is of course not entirely new, users have been able to upload footage to Youtube from their mobiles for a long time now, but Facebook offers a whole new realm of privacy and cyberbullying traps, given the way in which it notifies all of a user's friends about new photos or video that have been uploaded.
[ReadWriteWeb] Weekly Wrapup: Facebook Privacy, FriendFeed Trolls, iPhone Push ...: We asked the company if they really were trying to nudge users into being more public on Facebook and if outside developers would then get access to more user data. Two out of three of the Facebook staff members on the call have now confirmed that yes, they are aiming for users to be more public.
[YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews] I'm ready to quit my iPhone 3G | YugaTech | Philippines ...: Really can’t say whether I’m being charged for unintended use, or whether apps that I downloaded are running in background and connecting to the net, but one thing I’m sure of is that the Mail app occasionally downloads mail without my prompting, even if I’ve disabled “Fetch New Data” and set individual mail download options to “Manual.”
[Taranfx: Technology Blog] iPhone Privacy - Is your iPhone Spying on you? How to Fix it ...: iPhone app Analytics is a service for iPhone app developers offered by Pinch Media, Mobclix, Medialets and Flurry that generates detailed statistics about the user of their app. lets take a quick look how these services collects your location, it must first ask you for permission to use your location. If you tap “Dont Allow”, it will ask you again in about a minute, the next time its ad changes. So you either stop using this app, or you submit and tap “OK” and your locations will be collected.
[Schipul Blog] Facebook as a phone book? #FBFAIL | Schipul Blog | Facebook: Lesson learned here - Facebook privacy settings are your friend. This morning, as you surf the Web, take a look at your ‘Contact Information’ settings and double check who sees what. Want to share all of your contact info with close friends or family only? Select the appropriate Friend List and you’re done.
[TrolleyBlog.com] New Facebook iPhone App Brings New Privacy Bugs With It ...: Don’t worry, it didn’t give anyone access to your personal information ” but it did let you post to the Wall of any Facebook Page you wanted, which can’t be welcome news to the major brands on Facebook, or politicians who go to great lengths to maintain a pristine public image. We spoke with Facebook about the problem last week and held this post until it issued a fix this evening.
[Inside Facebook] Facebook for iPhone 3.0: Almost Ready for Release: [...] Facebook for iPhone 3.0. Joe Hewitt, the developer of the popular iPhone application used by over 12 million people, has submitted the 3rd major update to the iTunes app store and we’re all anxiously waiting [...]
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