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Every other time the issue has come up, it's turned out that "access to user data" meant that the third party was allowed to ask the user for access to their da
by mancerayder 8y ago
Every other time the issue has come up, it's turned out that "access to user data" meant that the third party was allowed to ask the user for access to their data.
Allowed to ask the user? Can you unwrap that for us?
- SpicyLemonZest 8y agoTo use most user-data-serving Facebook APIs, you need both authorization from the user whose data you’re reading and approval from Facebook itself for your app. Facebook has been accused of bad behavior when approving and denying apps, but they haven’t (as far has been reported) released any APIs to get user data without first asking the user.
- ForHackernews 8y agoThis is true, but I doubt most users understood exactly what they handed over when they clicked "log in with Facebook".
- alex_57_dieck 8y agoat least there's always a tldr (you know what exactly you are handing over in a few bullet points), especially when you think of all the contracts/fine prints/ToS you accept in life..