Warning : Check What Third-Party Apps You Have Connected to Facebook
By James Hughes
Here’s a video with the Cambridge Analytics whistleblower explaining what happened:
The worst part of this in that those 50 million people consented to all that data being collected about them, but probably didn’t realize to what extent. Here’s Facebook’s official comment on the matter: “The claim that this is a data breach is completely false. Aleksandr Kogan requested and gained access to information from users who chose to sign up to his app, and everyone involved gave their consent. People knowingly provided their information, no systems were infiltrated, and no passwords or sensitive pieces of information were stolen or hacked.”
So, if all that sounds horrible to you (it should) now’s a good time to go into Facebook and see exactly which apps you’re sharing information with and delete the ones you’d rather not be sharing with anymore.When I checked this morning I was surprised to see I was logged in using Facebook to 365 apps right now. Even though I’ve cleared these out before, scrolling through I found a number of apps and services I used once, or haven’t used in months — those need to go. You can check yours by clicking here.Regardless of whether you keep everything or clear yours out as well, it’s always a good idea to pay attention to what information you’re giving an app access to when you sign up and to go in and check these every few months or so to make sure you’re still ok sharing that info now.Credit: Life HackerDiscover more from NewsBreakers
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