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Facebook Gave More Than 150 Companies, Including Microsoft, Netflix, Spotify, Amazon and Yahoo, Unprecedented Access To Users' Personal Data: NYT (buzzfeednews.com)
The New York Times obtained hundreds of pages of Facebook documents which were generated in 2017 that show that the social network considered these companies business partners and effectively exempted them from its privacy rules. From a report: Facebook allowed Microsoft's search engine Bing to see the names of nearly all users' friends without their consent, let Spotify, Netflix, and the Royal Bank of Canada read, write, and delete users' private messages, and see participants on a thread, allowed Amazon to get users' names and contact information through their friends, and let Yahoo view streams of friends' posts "as recently as this summer" despite publicly claiming it had stopped sharing such information a year ago, the report said. Collectively, applications made by these technology companies sought the data of hundreds of millions of people a month.
The records also show that Russian search giant Yandex, which was accused last year by Ukraine's security service for giving user data to Kremlin, also had access to Facebook's unique user IDs in 2017. A Yandex spokeswoman told the Times that the company was unaware of the access to user data provided by Facebook. Yandex did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News' request for comment. In response to the report, Steve Satterfield, Facebook's Director of Privacy and Public Policy defended the actions of the social network.
The records also show that Russian search giant Yandex, which was accused last year by Ukraine's security service for giving user data to Kremlin, also had access to Facebook's unique user IDs in 2017. A Yandex spokeswoman told the Times that the company was unaware of the access to user data provided by Facebook. Yandex did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News' request for comment. In response to the report, Steve Satterfield, Facebook's Director of Privacy and Public Policy defended the actions of the social network.
That's why people who know what Facebook does couldn't believe the uproar over the Cambridge Analytics "scandal." Selling user data is what facebook does.
Well, they sometimes sell and they sometimes give it away as they did when they learned Obama's team sucked "the whole social graph." Not only didn't they stop Obama's team, they actively helped them afterward.
Yeah, this'll be modded down, but it's all true.
"...and the Royal Bank of Canada read, write, and delete users' private messages..."
That's the problem. These companies have more administration rights over your profile than the owner does.
If you don't want to be dragged into courts by the techno-police you'd better not be writing about bombs and stuff on your Facebook feed. This is basically saying that these companies can write whatever they want into your IMs. The potential for abuse is quite staggering.
In any other jurisdiction this is called wiretapping, and it's expressly illegal.
Don't use Facebook. Get off of Facebook. These companies are pure scum out for profit above even human decency.
Both of you are incorrect in various ways. The Kingdom of Israel refers to the descendants of Jacob, in the twelve tribes of Israel. These tribes were divided into the ten northern tribes, which were dispersed into Asia when the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians, and the two southern tribes, which were the Kingdom of Judah. The southern tribes, Judah and Benjamin, were conquered and put into captivity by the Babylonians. During this conquest, Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed.
However, the tribes of Benjamin and Judah returned from captivity and rebuilt the temple that was previously destroyed. The second temple is sometimes referred to as Herod's Temple, because of renovations that were supported by Herod the Great. The Kingdom of Judah lasted until 70 AD, when after a rebellion against Roman rule starting in 66 AD, Jerusalem and the second temple were destroyed. That marks the end of the Kingdom of Judah.
The tribes of Benjamin and Judah can be referred to as Jews, since the word Jew is derived from the name of the tribe of Judah. The tribes of Benjamin and Judah date back more than 3,000 years ago before kings David and Solomon. However, they are generally referred to as Israelites, along with the ten northern tribes, prior to the northern tribes being conquered by the Assyrians.
Regarding Jesus being a Jew, that's misleading. Jesus did observe many Jewish traditions such as Passover. However, it was Pilate, a Roman, who proclaimed Jesus as the "King of the Jews. This is recognized the form of the INRI inscription at the top of a crucifix, and was also something the Jews objected to. The Jews considered Jesus to be a false Messiah, and a particularly damaging one at that. In Christianity, Jesus established a new covenant and offered salvation to both Jews and Gentiles, superseding the previous covenant rather than continuing it. A Jew in the present day would be one who believes in the Messianic prophecies, but believes they have yet to be fulfilled. And i haven't a clue what those beliefs have to do with the business practices of Facebook.