Okay Facebook friends and users, one more time. When you add an app, fan page, or allow a 3rd party item to access your profile, you are giving it a LOT of access to your info, your posts, pics, and many of your friends as well. As this article now points out, developers have been harvesting that data and holding on to it for all sorts of purposes.
When these get access to your info, it lets them also get access to friend info and anything YOU can see of your friends. So, remember that it isn’t all about what you want. Think no harm can come from a company that made a farming game? Well, what if they shared or sold it to someone else? This data can be extremely valuable.
Imagine Zynga (Farmville anyone?) selling the data to a company that does employment checks and those party pics or status rants with ^&*&% language then show up on the report? Think that will help you get the job? How about those folks who may go for work in a position requiring some sort of clearance?
Or, what about it just bring made public and showing up in a Google search the next time you try to date someone you like?
1) Be careful what you post.
2) Be extremely careful who/what you give access to as you could be hurting your friends as well.
This weekend’s exposure of the problem is only the tip of the iceberg. Here are links to several online articles from the big guys about it.
