Comments on: Facebook Applications: Another Privacy Concern http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/02/facebook_applic.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Ricardo Stuven http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/02/facebook_applic.html/comment-page-1#comment-50453 Ricardo Stuven Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:50:59 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/02/facebook-applications-another-privacy-concern.html#comment-50453 <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10260262717" rel="nofollow">Dear Facebook, please limit third-party applications access to my profile</a> Dear Facebook, please limit third-party applications access to my profile

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/02/facebook_applic.html/comment-page-1#comment-50452 Jon Garfunkel Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:04:13 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/02/facebook-applications-another-privacy-concern.html#comment-50452 Dan-- Thanks for passing this along. Yes, Adrienne Felt's research note is helpful. The general point she raises re: Facebook's Third Party apps has been raised before, but it is very constructive of her to add data to it. I took a longer <a href="http://civilities.net/Facebook_Application_Privacy" rel="nofollow">look into this</a> tonight. I found some prior complaints about the problem from earlier in the year. Also, I concluded that the sloppiness on Facebook's part isn't all about privacy; a substantial part is about UI. Dan–

Thanks for passing this along. Yes, Adrienne Felt’s research note is helpful. The general point she raises re: Facebook’s Third Party apps has been raised before, but it is very constructive of her to add data to it.

I took a longer look into this tonight. I found some prior complaints about the problem from earlier in the year. Also, I concluded that the sloppiness on Facebook’s part isn’t all about privacy; a substantial part is about UI.

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