03-19-2018, 03:09 PM
Allowing data from friends can only be FB's mistake. In that sense it was "a leak" even if FB never intended for that to happen.
But I think where FB is positing themselves is from CA's app taking the data "it shouldn't have." How many websites and apps let you log in, and create a user login, with FB or Google credentials?
That's almost certainly how CA got the first layer of data. So my question is, if you have your FB privacy settings fairly low, or low enough to allow friends or friends of friends to see more of your stuff, how much of a stretch is it for a smart programmer like the guy interviewed by The Guardian to make the app be able to glean all of it, too ... since people responding to the "survey" gave him the keys?
But I think where FB is positing themselves is from CA's app taking the data "it shouldn't have." How many websites and apps let you log in, and create a user login, with FB or Google credentials?
That's almost certainly how CA got the first layer of data. So my question is, if you have your FB privacy settings fairly low, or low enough to allow friends or friends of friends to see more of your stuff, how much of a stretch is it for a smart programmer like the guy interviewed by The Guardian to make the app be able to glean all of it, too ... since people responding to the "survey" gave him the keys?