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Facebook Adds a Login Shortcut To Other Android Apps (engadget.com)

Posted by msmash on from the moving-forward dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Today at F8, Facebook announced it's giving the developers of third-party Android apps the ability to recognize if you've already linked a service with the social network. Soon when you download or reinstall something like Pinterest, you won't have to wonder what your password is if you've already installed Facebook. The supported app will prompt you to log in via the social network. The social network is also giving third-party developers the opportunity to use Facebook as an account recovery solution for when you forget your password.

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  1. Nice by 110010001000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    They are so helpful. Always trying to help out.

  2. No trust by KlomDark · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have less trust of Facebook than any other provider out there. Sorry, no dice, not using it for anything but Facebook itself.

  3. Zuck zuck goose! by uCallHimDrJ0NES · · Score: 2

    Many of the fine reasons to trust the Zuck are here: http://www.truthhawk.com/is-fa...

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    Cloudiot: A person who does not see offsite storage as a way to lose control over access to his or her own data.
  4. Re:Exactly what not to do by epyT-R · · Score: 2

    The fact that the users are the products being sold?