Trying to become even bigger — and make more money — Facebook will allow users to reveal a little less.The social network announced on Wednesday that when its 1.3 billion users log in to other websites or mobile apps through their Facebook identities, they will be able to limit what they reveal to the site or app to just their email addresses and public profile information, like name and gender. Before, depending on the app or site, the simple act of using the Facebook log-in exposed much of their Facebook information to that app or site.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/technology/facebook-to-let-users-limit-data-revealed-by-log-ins.htmlAlso see:Facebook addresses privacy fears with anonymous log-in for apps [IDG]
Ever looked at an app and decided not to try it because you didn’t want to share your data? Facebook is trying to remove that stumbling block with a new service called anonymous log-ins that was announced Wednesday.The idea is to let users log into apps and try them out without having to worry about who they’re their sharing data with, and about whether the app will spam their friends with posts about their app use.
www.computerworld.co.nz/article/544055/facebook_addresses_privacy_fears_anonymous_log-in_apps/
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