{"id":3156,"date":"2018-06-04T10:35:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2018-06-04T10:35:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:35:08","slug":"facebook-accused-of-giving-over-60-device-makers-deep-access-to-user-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=3156","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Accused of Giving Over 60 Device-Makers Deep Access to User Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2018\/06\/facebook-data-privacy.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/facebook-data-privacy.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"main-article-info\">After being embroiled into controversies over its <a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2018\/04\/facebook-data-privacy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data sharing practices<\/a>, it turns out that Facebook had granted inappropriate access to its users&#8217; data to more than 60 device makers, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, and Samsung.<\/p>\n<p>According to a lengthy report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2018\/06\/03\/technology\/facebook-device-partners-users-friends-data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">published<\/a> by The New York Times, the social network giant struck data-sharing partnerships with at least 60 device manufacture companies so that they could offer Facebook messaging functions, &#8220;Like&#8221; buttons, address books, and other features without requiring their users to install a separate app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2018\/06\/facebook-data-privacy.html\">Facebook Accused of Giving Over 60 Device-Makers Deep Access to User Data<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"title-container\" class=\"post-title\" tabindex=\"0\" contenteditable=\"true\" spellcheck=\"true\" aria-label=\"Post title\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_3156\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"3156\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being embroiled into controversies over its data sharing practices, it turns out that Facebook had granted inappropriate access to its users&#8217; data to more than 60 device makers, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, and Samsung. 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