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False, the level of access which caused that scandal and others was the fact that the early versions of the Facebook API granted access to second degree nodes i
by gfodor 7y ago
False, the level of access which caused that scandal and others was the fact that the early versions of the Facebook API granted access to second degree nodes in the network once you approved an app. Cambridge did not manage to get hundreds of millions of people to take their survey, they got access to the hundreds of millions of friends of those who did.
- traek 7y ago> If we were friends, you could use your custom FB client to look at my page though, which would be very user friendly. Yes, this is what used to exist, and this is what Cambridge Analytica exploited. The level of access I'm talking about, and what people in this thread are advocating for, is allowing a third party app to see all info an authenticated user is authorized to see (including their friend's info).
- toast0 7y agoA FB api that doesn't provide information about my friends can't replace the feed.