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10-18-2010, 12:20 PM
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businessinsider.com - The latest in the Wall Street Journal's series on online privacy targets Facebook (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/facebook) and Facebook app makers like Zynga (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/zynga).
Until now, the WSJ series has mostly been hysterical screaming about things most people know and don't care about. At first glance, however, these latest findings sound more serious.
According to the WSJ (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304772804575558484075236968.html?m od=wsj_share_twitter), Facebook apps are freely handing out users' private info to advertisers, including names--even for Facebook accounts that are set to be fully private:
Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information
businessinsider.com - The latest in the Wall Street Journal's series on online privacy targets Facebook (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/facebook) and Facebook app makers like Zynga (http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/zynga).
Until now, the WSJ series has mostly been hysterical screaming about things most people know and don't care about. At first glance, however, these latest findings sound more serious.
According to the WSJ (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304772804575558484075236968.html?m od=wsj_share_twitter), Facebook apps are freely handing out users' private info to advertisers, including names--even for Facebook accounts that are set to be fully private:
Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information