Re: Facebook Apps Breach Privacy

Supposedly, ten applications used by Facebook are transmitting users personal information to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, says the article Facebook Apps Breach Privacy. The breach also includes those who set their profiles to private and in some cases the apps provided access to friends' names. A Facebook spokesperson declared a statement saying that the company would introduce new technology to contain the breach. Facebook has already taken immediate action to disable the applications that have violated their terms and claims that most apps are independent software companies and not Facebook. I am not surprised that this happened, because there are so many apps you can use on Facebook. It's sad that people use applications and don't realize that they're information is being posted to advertising companies, especially people who are actually trying to be safe on the site. Facebook has been pretty controversial regarding the use of personal information, but the fact that their actually trying to do something about the breach means that Facebook isn't a bad site, there's just glitches, like any other normal site.