Not exact matches
The issue at play is Facebook's original application programming interface, or API, which
allows third - party developers to use Facebook's platform and access some
user data as long as those
users give
permission.
Before the change,
users couldn't selectively approve or deny specific
permissions — they could hit «
allow» or «don't
allow.»
Most recently, in October, it surfaced that Uber had special
permissions in its iPhone app that
allowed it to access
users» personal information, giving them the ability to potentially record a person's iPhone screen without their knowledge.
It seemed to have been done without explicit consent, though Facebook says it collected such data only from Android
users who specifically
allowed it to do so — for instance, by agreeing to
permissions when installing Facebook.
The admin of the account can set up team
permissions, which
allows you to control who has access to running accounts, DM / Follow, adding Market Intel accounts, creating new departments, adding new
users, adding more admins, and more.
Facebook took most of the criticism because of its permissive app
permissions model that
allowed Cambridge Analytica to collect data from friends of app
users, not just the app
users themselves.
Facebook's policies previously
allowed developers to siphon off app
users» Facebook friends data — though Facebook tightened up these
permissions in 2014 — «to dramatically reduce data access», as founder Mark Zuckerberg has now claimed — though evidently not dramatically enough for Mozilla.
The app
permissions that led to 87 million Facebook
users» data being harvested and sold to Cambridge Analytica may have also
allowed access to those
users» inboxes, the company confirmed today.
It seemed to have been done without explicit consent, though Facebook says it collected such data only from Android
users who specifically
allowed it to do so for instance, by agreeing to
permissions when installing Facebook.
Facebook says a new
permission model that
allows apps to publish videos to their
user groups and timeline is coming.
Facebook acknowledged that it
allowed Kogan — a University of Cambridge researcher in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience who obtained the data through his role at a company called Global Science Research — to collect that information with
user permission.
This facility
allows members to send private messages to other
users without really revealing their details or seeing the details of another without explicit
permission from both
users.
If that
user has configured their profile and
permissions to
allow them to be seen, FlirtAR will show that person's profile pin on the AR - powered screen.
If a
user has configured their profile and
permissions to
allow them to be seen, FlirtAR will show that person's profile pin on the AR - powered screen.
We covered stuff ranging from the basic, like
User Types (eFrontPro's way to assign a set of
permissions to
users), to the more advanced, such as IP whitelisting (
allowing only
users at certain network locations to log in), simultaneous login restrictions, and public web pages.
A custom
user type can be based on either the Administrator, Instructor or Learner
user type, and can be further configured with its own set of fine - grained
permissions (from whether it will be
allowed to create new courses, to being able to participate in the discussions forum).
But did you know that you can define your own roles (called «
User Types» in TalentLMS - lingo) that extend the aforementioned built - in roles and
allow you to fine - tune their
permissions?
This feature
allows you to set up multiple calendars within a single space, which lets
users create specific calendars with unique
permissions for each.
By creating a new
user type and setting the appropriate
permissions for it, you get a lot of flexibility to
allow or restrict access to eFrontPro's functionality.
When you default on payments, the credit card issuer isn't
allowed to go after the authorized
user for payment because the
user is just someone who has
permission to make purchases against your account.
If we ask for information about the authorized
user, you must obtain their
permission to share their information with us and for us to share it as
allowed by applicable law.
Allow multiple
users with specific
permissions, direct deposit your payroll, initiate wires, and more.
Does the program
allow primary cardholders to grant authorized
users access to rewards, and has this
permission been granted?
You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium, including without limitation by any automated or non-automated «scraping»; (ii) using any automated system, including without limitation «robots,» «spiders,» «offline readers,» etc., to access the Service in a manner that sends more request messages to the Company servers than a human can reasonably produce in the same period of time by using a conventional on - line web browser (except that Humble Bundle grants the operators of public search engines revocable
permission to use spiders to copy materials from Humble Bundle for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials); (iii) transmitting spam, chain letters, or other unsolicited email; (iv) attempting to interfere with, compromise the system integrity or security or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Service; (v) taking any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole judgment an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (vi) uploading invalid data, viruses, worms, or other software agents through the Service; (vii) collecting or harvesting any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Service; (viii) using the Service for any commercial solicitation purposes; (ix) impersonating another person or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity, conducting fraud, hiding or attempting to hide your identity; (x) interfering with the proper working of the Service; (xi) accessing any content on the Service through any technology or means other than those provided or authorized by the Service; (xii) bypassing the measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service, including without limitation features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the Service or the content therein; (xiii) sell, assign, rent, lease, act as a service bureau, or grant rights in the Products, including, without limitation, through sublicense, to any other entity without the prior written consent of such Products» (defined below) licensors; (xiv) circumventing Service limitations on the number of Products you may purchase, including, without limitation, creating multiple accounts and purchasing a total number of Products through such multiple accounts which exceed the per -
user limitations; or (xv) except as otherwise specifically set forth in a licensor's end
user license agreement, as otherwise agreed upon by a licensor in writing or as otherwise
allowed under applicable law, distributing, transmitting, copying (other than re-installing software or files previously purchased by you through the Service on computers, mobile or tablet devices owned by you, or creating backup copies of such software or files for your own personal use) or otherwise exploiting the Products (defined below) in any manner other than for your own private, non-commercial, personal use.
CosmoLex already
allowed administrators to set different
permission levels for different types of
users, from full administrative access to all system functions down to limited, read - only access.
Controls
allow the
user to create negotiation groups by inviting others to participate and setting their
permission levels for viewing and modifying documents.
Access and
permission controls,
allowing users to be granted or denied access to a matter.
Bill4Time's
User Permissions setup
allows for a high level of granular control over what
users may view and edit within your firm's account.
Firms that have a firm grip on the security and access of their legal email management system often work inside systems that
allow them to define
user roles and
permissions that define who can and can not see specific emails.
Now, there exists a third group type, restricted, which outside
users can request membership to, but only group members with
permissions can
allow them in, similar to closed groups.
For example, a program might incorrectly assign write
permissions to system files, reducing security by
allowing normal
user programs to modify them.
This is why Android doesn't come rooted — if any app could pop up a root
permission prompt and gain complete access to the system, many less - technical
users would
allow the access so they can continue using the app.
For those that have installed Office 2008, you may have seen some news floating on the internets about improper
permissions — that were created by the installer — potentially
allowing another local
user to access your documents.
The company has been at the center of an unrelenting firestorm following revelations that it
allowed Cambridge Analytica to mine private data belonging to 50 million of its
users without
permission, which Cambridge Analytica then leveraged for political purposes.
Facebook has found itself under a new investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission, after it was revealed that previous versions of its developer tools
allowed third - party apps to extract personal information on
users who hadn't given explicit
permission for that to take place.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) confirmed Monday that it is investigating Facebook's privacy practices following reports that the company
allowed personal data to be extracted from
users without expressed
permission.
Maybe you're unnerved by all the Russia stuff, or the recent news that Facebook
allowed data company Cambridge Analytica to access the data of 50 million
users with their
permission.
Facebook Inc. shares are on pace to post their largest percentage decline in four years, as the company comes under fire from regulators for
allowing a third - party group to access
user information without those people's
permission.
Regulators in the U.S. and U.K. have criticized the company for
allowing Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that helped the Trump campaign, to access data on
users without their express
permission and hold that data for years despite saying that it had destroyed those records.
Although the creator of the «thisisyourdigitallife» app was
allowed direct access only to the 270,000 Facebook
users who downloaded his quiz, he was able to access 30 - 50 million additional records by using friend
permissions, according to Parakilas, who noted that the average Facebook
user has about 200 friends.
Personally, I think this is a bad practice, and I'd like to see Facebook turn this off as the default setting, but there is a little - known privacy setting that
allows users to turn off this
permission so that «apps that others use» can no longer expose your information.
A loophole
allowed a prominent data analytics firm that worked with President Trump's campaign exploit
user data to harvest 50 million profiles of U.S. voters without their
permission, according to a whistleblower who once worked to help acquire the data.
Where
users previously could easily access an Unverified Sources toggle to
allow installations of non-Play Store - approved apps, in Oreo it's a behind - the - scenes
permission that automatically runs whenever an app is side - loaded.
So if a
user had their account set to
allow sharing with a friend's apps, and the friend gave
permission to Mr Kogan's app, it could read some information.
A brand new malware strain was just discovered, a sneaky attacks that fooled not only Apple's app review team into
allowing malware apps into the App Store, but that can also quietly install apps on any iOS device without the
user's explicit knowledge or
permission.
On Android, the
permissions feature was introduced with Marshmallow (Version 6.0) in 2015, and
allowed users to restrict access for apps.
If continued short - term emergency mitigation is absolute critical, it should includes a
Permissions API (much like Full Screen mode and WebRTC camera permissions) to case - by - case ask the user for permission to use high - precision timers (allowing 5us or 1us
Permissions API (much like Full Screen mode and WebRTC camera
permissions) to case - by - case ask the user for permission to use high - precision timers (allowing 5us or 1us
permissions) to case - by - case ask the
user for
permission to use high - precision timers (
allowing 5us or 1us precision).
This shortcut opens system settings and
allows users to disable the PiP
permission for that app.
Root access
allows you more control over app
permissions on your phone, as this feature isn't available to typical
users.
All versions of Android after 4.3 Jelly Bean have
allowed users to grant or revoke app
permissions after they've installed a given app, but this functionality is deeply hidden in the OS itself and can't be accessed without a third - party app, with the most popular being App Ops (requires root for certain versions), making it a bit tricky to access it.