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22 Aug, 2009

It’s Not Facebook, But Its Apps That Are Dangerous

Posted by: Blogging Fool In: Developer News

Facebook is feeling the heat after Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart of the Canadian federal privacy commission laid down the law, citing that Facebook contravenes its citizens privacy laws by keeping users personal information indefinitely and for “sharing users’ files with nearly one million third-party software developers around the world.”

Facebook has until Monday August 24th, 2009 to respond to the claims and offer a solution.

Facebook must take this seriously, given that Toronto, Canada, a city of over 5 million people has the highest usage per capita of the platform in the world.

Today WebProNews reporter Chris Crum reported:

“Facebook security firm Trend Micro has been researching malicious practices on Facebook, and has discovered numerous rogue apps on the social networking site this week. They’ve been alerting Facebook of them as they find them, but apparently more keep popping up as fast as they are eliminated.”



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