Did you know that Facebook now grants developers access to your address and phone number?
The FB Developer announcment came over the weekend. The updated Facebook API access users’ address and phone numbers. This lastest move brings up many questions about how one might use a users phone number and address with out being intrusive or susceptible to scammers and spammers.
Is this step one step to far?
UPDATE: Before users and privacy advocates had the chance to mount a full-scale revolt, Facebook just disabled the new API feature that lets developers use people's phone number and address with third-party applications. Source VentureBeat
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According to Facebook, it plans to re-enable the feature once it has figures out how to better educate users about the risks associated with sharing such information |
