Facebook update prompts privacy concerns
Updated: Tuesday, 18 Jan 2011, 1:06 PM MST
Published : Tuesday, 18 Jan 2011, 1:05 PM MST(NewsCore) - A tweak to Facebook's permissions and privacy settings means third-party developers can now access users' home addresses and phone numbers, security firm Sophos warned Monday.
Facebook announced Friday night a minor change of settings that expands the data people share with external websites and applications.
Facebookers now expressly grant third-party apps like Farmville and sites the right to see your address and phone number via the standard permissions dialogue—although the social network maintained that the new changes would not provide access to the data of a user’s friends.
This is good information for those of you who play Farmville and use other apps on Facebook. You might want to consider removing your address and phone numbers from your personal information.
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