Facebook Gives Apps Access to Addresses, Phone Numbers

bobblepuzzle

Sigh, is there anything they won't do...

http://www.dailytech.com/Facebook+Gives+Apps+Access+to+Addresses+Phone+Numbers/article20674.htm

Users fear rogue apps will steal their personal informaiton

Facebook is the hottest destination for social networking online. However, users need to be aware of a new feature Facebook implemented last Friday that will allow applications access to your phone number and your physical address.

The new feature requires the user to specifically give applications the ability to access the address and mobile phone number information, but many Facebook users fear rogue apps will gain access to the information and use it for reasons other than what they expect. The new feature shows up on the Request for Permission window that pops up and it has a new area that says, "Access my contact information."


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OutlawPete

How else can I know if girls be teens or not?

App of the year!

Sykk

Don't use the stupid applications "How long is your cock" and "How hot is your name" and you'll be fine.

we'llallhavetea_old

does anyone actually put their number and addresses on facebook?

Naikon

You could just stop using facebook...

bobblepuzzle

I didn't know my mobile number was on it for all to see for ages... same with loads of other people... that to made the headlines

NothingMan

I use facebook for sharing photos, chatting with friends and occassionally sharing my bowel movements with hundreds of people. Anyone that uses the stupid apps on there are asking for trouble. I do not share my phone or address on there at all.

BaconZombie

IS YOU DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO BE PUBLIC DO NOT PUT IT ON FECKING FACEBOOK!!!!!

Azureus

It does have the request for permission window though, so when it says ''access my contact information'' surely you would just click no and you're fine that way?

28064212

Oh no! After giving Facebook specific permission to allow apps to access my contact information, and then telling the app itself that it could have my contact information, they somehow got my contact information!!!! How could this have happened??!?!? Damn you Facebook, damn you to hell

BotFly

I knew I shouldn't have put my banking details into fúck farm or whatever it's called.

AnonoBoy

I joined up with Facebook specifically to give out my personal details and get a bit of human contact.

I put up my email address, my real world address, my phone number and a picture of me naked.

So far nothing. Not one single pervert has harrassed me.

TanG411

Before you use an app for the first time, a message pops up saying what information the app will use about you. Most of the time, it's your profile picture and name, which is fine, as this is used for things like Poker, Bingo etc.

But if it comes up saying they'll use your phone number and address, or will automatically post on your wall, then simply deny the app any access. You won't be able to use the apps, but it was probably useless in the first place.

WHIP IT!

BaconZombie wrote: »

IS YOU DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO BE PUBLIC DO NOT PUT IT ON FECKING FACEBOOK!!!!!

You're so cool...

Naikon

Rosicky7 wrote: »

Before you use an app for the first time, a message pops up saying what information the app will use about you. Most of the time, it's your profile picture and name, which is fine, as this is used for things like Poker, Bingo etc.

But if it comes up saying they'll use your phone number and address, or will automatically post on your wall, then simply deny the app any access. You won't be able to use the apps, but it was probably useless in the first place.

Once any of your info enters the public domain, it's no longer private. Just because the company states they will use your data in a responsible way, does not mean they will follow suit. Just assured that any info/pictures you put up is living in a data warehouse somewhere and is being used in the pursuit to make a quick buck. Shed a tear for facebook and their wonderful contribution to society...

smash

Just disable applications like most smart people do!

Naikon

steve06 wrote: »

Just disable applications like most smart people do!

It's really not this simple...

Dravokivich

bobblepuzzle wrote: »

access the address and mobile phone number

The only time I provide those details to a website, is when I'm purchasing something online so it can be sent to me and I can be phoned up if there's a problem sending it to me...

What would Facebook send to me?

Naikon

Dravokivich wrote: »

What would Facebook send to me?

A legal notice.

bobblepuzzle

Dravokivich wrote: »

What would Facebook send to me?

Facebook related stuff :pac:

Dravokivich

Naikon wrote: »

A legal notice.

Right lemme rephrase that...

What would I want, that Facebook would send me?

:pac:

bobblepuzzle

Dravokivich wrote: »

Right lemme rephrase that...

What would I want, that Facebook would send me?

:pac:

Your Farmville updates, there I said it! :cool:

... the only way Facebook can get your addresses and phone numbers is if you put them there in the first place. The sole responsibility is yours. They're not doing anything wrong, really - you're providing the information, they're just using it.

As Mark Zuckerberg said himself:

People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people. That social norm is just something that has evolved over time

whatsamsn

Exactly Deleted User :pac:

I've had a bebo, facebook, myspace etc over the years. Never even gave my real d.o.b. ... let alone an address or phone number

If you give real info you have to accept the fact that if you get hacked (which is easier than you think) that info can be viewed by someone you dont want it to.


Simple. Dont give real info.

liah

Don't install dodgy apps from companies you don't recognize or haven't ever heard of. If you get snaked it's really your own fault, I've had a facebook since it became public and I've not once had my account compromised or hacked nor had any information gleaned from my account that I haven't given consent to, and I never install random unverified apps. Not to mention Facebook lets you opt out of most things.

I really don't get why people are so whiny about this stuff, it's common sense..

Actually.. people might find this somewhat interesting:

In 2008, Joshua Fogel and Elham Nehmad from the Department of Economics and the Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in Brooklyn, conducted a survey on these social networking sites and the risks that college students take on them. In it they surveyed 205 students between the ages of 17 and 32; with an average age of 22, and below are some of the results they concluded from their findings:

35.2% had their email address on their profiles, 9.4% their phone numbers, 9.4% their home addresses, 86.2% had an image of themselves on their profile, 83% had their interests and 81.8% had their real name on their profile page. Added to this extreme amount of information provided, 73.6% of people allow anyone to view their profiles. To stick to the example of Facebook - 78.6% of those surveyed do have profiles with that specific social networking site.

Source: Computers in Human Behavior - Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 153-160

Naikon

liah wrote: »

Don't install dodgy apps from companies you don't recognize or haven't ever heard of. If you get snaked it's really your own fault, I've had a facebook since it became public and I've not once had my account compromised or hacked nor had any information gleaned from my account that I haven't given consent to, and I never install random unverified apps. Not to mention Facebook lets you opt out of most things.

I really don't get why people are so whiny about this stuff, it's common sense..

I'll go one step further, don't install any apps that you don't have source code access to:D

Just don't install random **** and have some common sense. These are golden.

liah

Naikon wrote: »

I'll go one step further, don't install any apps that you don't have source code access to:D

Just don't install random **** and have some common sense. These are golden.

The only apps I really use are the ones that let me log in to Digg and Twitter and the like anyway (I'm a lazy arse and hate using the keyboard, so the connect button is a godsend! ). Sometimes Scrabble :pac: But I just don't get how people can look at an app entitled "SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE VIEWED YOUR PAGE THIS YEAR!!11" and think "oh, that must be trustworthy!" without thinking about how exactly it would be getting that information and what would be done with it afterwards.

I also make it habit to uninstall apps as soon as I'm done using them.

The irony of it is I'm the most open person ever on the internet and most of my stuff is public to begin with because I understand the consequences and accept responsibility for what could happen as a result.. me complaining is kind of pointless :pac:

Trog

whatsamsn wrote: »

Exactly Deleted User :pac:

I've had a bebo, facebook, myspace etc over the years. Never even gave my real d.o.b. ... let alone an address or phone number

If you give real info you have to accept the fact that if you get hacked (which is easier than you think) that info can be viewed by someone you dont want it to.


Simple. Dont give real info.

boneyarsebogman, were you born at 25? Your poor mother!

Paparazzo

BaconZombie wrote: »

IS YOU DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO BE PUBLIC DO NOT PUT IT ON FECKING FACEBOOK!!!!!

Exactly. I don't even put photos up any more

WHIP IT! wrote: »

You're so cool...

Yes, it was cooler than your contribution

tony007

Does anyone know how to remove apps?

smk89

tony007 wrote: »

Does anyone know how to remove apps?

Top right of your normal page, select privacy settings and look to the bottom left for app settings.

liah

tony007 wrote: »

Does anyone know how to remove apps?

Privacy settings, then bottom left box.

marcsignal

there's a simple guide to safe facebooking

"no apps, no causes, no groups"


no problems

edit: .... oh, i nearly forgot...and no tags... absolutely NO TAGS !!

PeakOutput

Naikon wrote: »

It's really not this simple...

no no its even simpler, dont put your phone number or address on facebook in the first place

if you do then its as simple as not using apps and disabling them

if you want to use apps its as simple as reading the information the app requires before you allow it

also

facebooks way of controlling information is secure and and responsible, unfortunately most people dont have a clue about what is going on and hear phone numbers and addresses in the same sentence as facebook and say ridicolous things like

is there anything they wont do

Capt'n Midnight

Sykk wrote: »

Don't use the stupid applications "How long is your cock" and "How hot is your name" and you'll be fine.

Any app could be nasty even ones that sound cute.


If an app asks for rights, then you are handing those rights to the person who wrote the app and anyone who has broken into their system

Capt'n Midnight

liah wrote: »

Don't install dodgy apps from companies you don't recognize or haven't ever heard of. If you get snaked it's really your own fault, I've had a facebook since it became public and I've not once had my account compromised or hacked nor had any information gleaned from my account that I haven't given consent to, and I never install random unverified apps. Not to mention Facebook lets you opt out of most things.

I really don't get why people are so whiny about this stuff, it's common sense..

you trust facebook and those apps to protect your data forever ??

jimmycrackcorm

What's this facebook people talk about - is it that book of photos of criminals that the police show you if you have been a victim of crime?

Because if that is so then I think it would be a swell idea to have the crims adresses and phone numbers in it.

Crims - that what us folk call criminals.

Capt'n Midnight

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

What's this facebook people talk about - is it that book of photos of criminals that the police show you if you have been a victim of crime?

Because if that is so then I think it would be a swell idea to have the crims adresses and phone numbers in it.

Crims - that what us folk call criminals.

No you are thinking of a mugbook which is a a load of mugs whereas facebook is a load of

oh wait...

take everything

Deleted User wrote: »

Actually.. people might find this somewhat interesting:



Source: Computers in Human Behavior - Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 153-160

First post i've seen with a bibliography.
Love it

PeakOutput

if you actually read facebooks privacy policy its exceptionally fair, they try new things out all the time and sometimes they work and sometimes they make people freak out and they remove them its all trial and error

their business is information, they offer a service and the cost of that service is the information you put on their site, it is theirs to use to make a profit. they are exceptionally carefull with this information because they want people to keep giving it to them and if they arent careful people will simply stop and use another site that they feel they can trust

when you are operating on the scale that facebook operates on there will inevitably be mistakes made and faults and exploits found, the important thing is how they fix these.

this crap thatthey are out to sell all your information to the highest bidder is total bull**** conspiracy crap and completely factually incorrect.

Liam Byrne

PeakOutput wrote: »

facebooks way of controlling information is secure and and responsible, unfortunately most people dont have a clue about what is going on and hear phone numbers and addresses in the same sentence as facebook and say ridicolous things like

That is not true. If Facebook were actually being responsible the default option for any new feature setting would be "private" with you needing to change it for it to reveal stuff.

Instead they default it to public and expect you to change it.

Unfortunately, while it wouldn't be allowed under Ireland's "opt-in" rules, it is permitted under America's annoying "opt out" laws, and that's where Facebook is based.

That is irresponsible.

PeakOutput

Liam Byrne wrote: »

That is not true. If Facebook were actually being responsible the default option for any new feature setting would be "private" with you needing to change it for it to reveal stuff.

Instead they default it to public and expect you to change it.

Unfortunately, while it wouldn't be allowed under Ireland's "opt-in" rules, it is permitted under America's annoying "opt out" laws, and that's where Facebook is based.

That is irresponsible.

emm no its not

facebook is not a free service, you use it at their pleasure. if they were not able to make money from it, it wouldnt exist. google, by default, scans your emails and targets ads to you in the same way that facebook does, is that also irresponsible? or is it the cost of using gmail?

facebook allows you to use their service in a way that provides them with a minimal amount of information and therefore a minimal, if any, way of making money from you but for that privilidge you are going to have to click a few more buttons. its perfectly reasonable

teddy_303

So they should state thats the case then.

PeakOutput

teddy_303 wrote: »

So they should state thats the case then.

its in their terms and conditions

Canis Lupus

Liam Byrne wrote: »

That is not true. If Facebook were actually being responsible the default option for any new feature setting would be "private" with you needing to change it for it to reveal stuff.

Instead they default it to public and expect you to change it.

Unfortunately, while it wouldn't be allowed under Ireland's "opt-in" rules, it is permitted under America's annoying "opt out" laws, and that's where Facebook is based.

That is irresponsible.

Irresponsible is a bit OTT. They offer you their 'product' which you can use if you like. Adjusting the privacy settings takes all of two seconds and you don't have to input any real information to set up an account.

28064212

Liam Byrne wrote: »

That is not true. If Facebook were actually being responsible the default option for any new feature setting would be "private" with you needing to change it for it to reveal stuff.

Ehhh.. when have they done that? The default for any of the new features they've brought in within at least the last 2 years has been private/disabled

IvyTheTerrible

Why would anyone need to put their phone number or address on Facebook anyway?

Surely if one was close enough to someone that they would need to know that information, they would have it already or you could give it to them in another way than facebook.