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Facebook Suspends Personal Data-Sharing Feature

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the digital-foot-in-mouth dept.

Suki I writes "Facebook has 'temporarily disabled' a controversial feature that allowed developers to access the home address and mobile numbers of users. The social network suspended the feature, introduced on Friday, after only three days. The decision follows feedback from users that the sharing-of-data process wasn't clearly explained and criticism from security firms that the feature was ripe for abuse."

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  1. Facebook/Wikileaks by JerryQ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "I give you private information on corporations for free and I'm a villain. Mark Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and he's 'Man of the Year.'" Julian Assange