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> Facebook claims that Power's tool violates criminal law because Facebook's terms of service ban users from accessing their information through "automatic mean
by what 16y ago
> Facebook claims that Power's tool violates criminal law because Facebook's terms of service ban users from accessing their information through "automatic means."
So what is the point of the Open Graph then? Doesn't that allow me to access my information through automatic means or am I misunderstanding something?
- ojbyrne 16y agoHaving just seen this in some boilerplate terms of use, the phrasing almost always includes the phrase "without our express written consent." Which (assuming they have this clause) they can selectively enforce it.
- apike 16y agoIt appears they want Open Graph to be used in response to user actions that are explicit and specific to Facebook, rather than behind-the-scenes aggregation or polling of any sort that keeps your data in sync with other services. Quite a fine line.
- what 16y agoHmmm, so anything goes as long as people still have to go to Facebook.com to get their updates.