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Has no one noticed that you can set permissions to the app posts. You can set it to visible to only yourself at the time of installation.
by negamax 15y ago
Has no one noticed that you can set permissions to the app posts. You can set it to visible to only yourself at the time of installation.
- aseemk 15y agoI've noticed it, but I'm still wary of that data entering Facebook at all.
- jrockway 15y agoWhy?
- iamdave 15y agoBecause they've consistently shown they can't be responsible with it. That's why.
- jrockway 15y agoI'm interested in specific examples or theoretical concerns, rather than "I said so." This is HN, not Reddit.
- anonymoushn 15y agoFacebook will disclose to Alice a list of all people who have Alice in their contact list on their phones (and use the Facebook phone app). I was told by Facebook engineers that this is working correctly. HN discussion: http://hackerne.ws/item?id=3145857 http://hackerne.ws/item?id=3145857 There have been other things, but most of them were fixed rather than being called features.
- whatusername 15y agoAs an FYI: the canonical URL is http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com or in this case: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3145857 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3145857
- alphang 15y agoYes. My friends who are sharing their gossipy and sex-related readings have not noticed it. They're all shocked by what ends up on Facebook. As for just using the social reader as a user — well, I shouldn't have to agree to an app and share my social graph just to read news stories. Friction Sharing is great and working already.