Third Party Apps Unaffected by Facebook Breach
Facebook said Tuesday it has no evidence that third-party sites that use Facebook Login were affected by last week's massive breach.
Facebook said Tuesday it has no evidence that third-party sites that use Facebook Login were affected by last week's massive breach.
The site says there's no evidence of a breach or misuse but that it's making efforts to prevent the incident from happening again.
A Chrome extension has been removed from Google's webstore that was found spreading through Facebook, stealing passwords and cryptocurrency.
The aim of the program, released on Wednesday, is to help the company find and remove apps that are collecting information and transferring it to third parties.
The warnings, scheduled to roll out to users on Monday, come just days after Facebook suspended two other data analytics companies over similar data misuse allegations.
It's understandable for users to be mad but Facebook is built to collect user data; that's how the system works.
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