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At one time, they did have a very permissive API. Which got abused by Cambridge Analytica.
by _arthur_ 5y ago
At one time, they did have a very permissive API. Which got abused by Cambridge Analytica.
- bryan_w 5y agoExactly, the second Facebook publishes a new API, no matter how many permission dialogues you have to jump through, the NYT will be champing at the bit to write another "data sharing agreement" story. They love to take the most bad-faith reading of the API docs to say that Facebook is giving your data away (see their story about netflix/messenger, or Microsoft's Facebook client for Windows phones)
- srcreigh 5y agoThe data is being abused by FB too. It's a little too convenient that a public scandal means FB is the only one who can use the data.