Facebook login and sharing of personal data.
Facebook held its f8 developers conference this week, and among other things, announced an anonymous login option and a new regular login, which enables users to share less data with third-party apps if they like. While certainly good for users, it’s not going to make things easier for developers and app providers trying to build a business or help their existing business using Facebook’s platform. Facebook thinks that in the end, however, this will still be good for developers.
Facebook said:
“When we were a smaller company, Facebook login was widely adopted, and the growth rate for it has been quite quick,” he elaborated. “But in order to get to the next level and become more ubiquitous, it needs to be trusted even more. We’re a bigger company now and people have more questions. We need to give people more control over their information so that everyone feels comfortable using these products.”
The new Facebook login lets users remove individual items from the list of permissions an app prompts them with. For example, they can remove their email address (so good luck if you’re using your app to cultivate a mailing list).
The potential implications for businesses who automatically share information to Facebook from their websites and blog is that these sharing apps may require a review when this login Facebook change is completed and released.
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