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FACEBOOKPRIVACY CONCERNS
Presenter: Anquin C. Cooper
Based on the Article: Facebook In Privacy BreachBy: Geoffrey A. Fowler
Agenda
Introduction Overview of Facebook/Article
Privacy Breaches Main Points of Article
Position of Presenter
What does Facebook have to say? Responses made by Facebook Officials
Conclusion
Overview
Facebook is a social networking site
Founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2006
Facebook users can: Create a personal profile Add other users as friends Play Games
Article: Facebook In Privacy Breach
Privacy Breaches
Transmitting identifying information
Issue affected tens of millions of users worldwide
Problem stem from companies that build databases
Anyone can look up a persons name from standard web – browser
Privacy Breaches (Cont’d)
LOLapps shut down temporarily
Apps were sending FB UID to at least 25 advertising firms
What does Facebook say?
Press reports exaggerate the implications of sharing a UID
They are taking strong measures to enforce privacy policy
User’s ID’s were sometime shared, however, unintentional
Knowing UID’s cannot grant access without user consent
Cont’d
Developers not allowed to disclose user information
It is hard to fix the breach in privacy; are working on it
Conclusion
Facebook a leading technology of 21st century
Recently privacy loop holes were taken advantage of
Facebook working towards solution.
References
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371013,00.asp
http://lolapps.blogspot.com/2010/10/were-back.html
http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/418
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304772804575558484075236968.html#articleTabs%3Darticle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook