Sentences with phrase «developer access to user data»

Facebook in 2014 limited developer access to user data.

Mozilla acknowledged that Facebook added limitations to developer access to user data in 2014.

Facebook subsequently limited developer access to user data in 2014, turning off the Friends data API that Cambridge Analytica now infamously used to gather its data.

Aiming to placate concerned users and, more directly, potential regulators, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be limiting developer access to user data.

Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would no longer allow app developers access to its users data after three months of inactivity, that it would reduce the information people are required to give app developers, and it would audit all apps with access to large amounts of data before 2014, when the platform dramatically reduced the amount of data shared with third parties.

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For Facebook users who haven't used an app in three months or more, Zuckerberg says the app developers will no longer have access to their data.

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.

In 2013, a third - party app developer named Aleksandr Kogan had access to 50 million Facebook users» data for academic research, and without permission, he distributed it to a consulting firm with ties to the Trump Administration, Cambridge Analytica.

Although Zuckerberg talked a lot about protecting user information, he did not mention why Facebook overlooked the potential problems inherent in giving developers such broad access to user data in the first place.

On Wednesday, after admitting that its system could have allowed «malicious actors» to gather data on most of its 2 billion users, Facebook opted to immediately remove access to several sets of data previously accessible to developers via Instagram and Facebook's APIs.

Friend was reportedly central to the development of Apple's healthcare frameworks, HealthKit, ResearchKit, and CareKit — frameworks designed to help researchers, developers, and users access and record health data.

Zuckerberg also announced the social media giant would no longer allow app developers to access its users» data after three months of inactivity and it would reduce the amount of information people are required to hand over to third parties.

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.

Rather than taking it on trust that developers given access to masses of user data will do the right thing.

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized on Wednesday for mistakes his company made in how it handled data belonging to 50 million of its users and promised tougher steps to restrict developers» access to such information.

Since the data misuse scandal blew up last month, Facebook has said it is conducting a full audit of any apps which had access to «a large amount» of information before it changed app permissions on its platform in mid 2015 to prevent developers from being able to suck out data on Facebook users» friends.

Developers can no longer access the data about a user's friends unless the friends also subscribe to that developer's services.

The CEO vowed to police the platform more vigorously, and audit any developer that may have gotten access to user data.

Specifically he said the company will restrict the data that third - party developers can access to names, profile photos and email addresses, and will require developers to sign a contract before being allowed to ask Facebook users for rights to their posts.

The reason concerns the nature of how Facebook handled its users» data before rising privacy concerns prompted it to tighten its policies against what critics have called an egregious kind of abuse — allowing app developers to gain access to information not only on their customers but also on their customers» many Facebook friends.

But as Zuckerberg said, the most important change may have come in 2014, when Facebook limited developers» access to data on users» friends.

Facebook apps, like FarmVille, extend the platform's usability, but in installing them, users often give third - party developers like Kogan access to a significant amount of their own data.

Therefore, mobile app developers can access the targeted ad content delivered to its own app users and then reverse engineer that data to construct a profile of their app customer.

Cooper said BlackBerry Enterprise Application Middleware will include a set of APIs, libraries and server software that will make it easier for developers to build «super apps» that can access instant data push and alerts, use efficient file transfers with enterprise applications, and make it easy to query a user's device for geo - location, presence, current camera image, calendar availability, device type and much more.

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But developers do have access to a map of a user's face as part of the TrueDepth camera, as well as data on up to 50 facial expressions that could tell a developer how you raise your eyebrows or move your mouth.

Rather than taking it on trust that developers given access to masses of user data will do the right thing.

The process by which Facebook monitors third party app developers and tech providers who may have access to Filipino user data should also be looked into.

Zuckerberg said the company will remove a developer's access to data if a user hasn't made use of an app in three months.

These changes included giving users the option to remove apps in bulk, restricting app developers» access to user data, giving users more visibility to their apps from News Feed and taking more actions to safeguard user privacy.

This kind of experiences were devised by Facebook, and access to user data was probably what lured in developers and companies looking to turn the growing power of social media into revenue.

Users must consent to giving apps their data, but sometimes — as in the case of Kogan's app — developers can access data about a consenting user's friends, without getting those friends» consent.

He reiterated that he believed the company made big mistakes, first by allowing app developers far too much access to user data in previous builds of the site, and later by blindly trusting that Cambridge Analytica and other companies involved would actually delete it just because they sent them a sternly worded letter.

Zuckerberg has been called to testify before Congress over the incident, and may find himself hard - pressed to explain why Facebook let app developers access extensive data on users who hadn't willingly sharing it.

Facebook also limited a number of other entryways that developers use to access user data.

That means that while a single user may have agreed to hand over their data, developers could also access some data about their friends.

Facebook has allowed third - party app developers to access some private user data since May 2007, when it first opened the Facebook platform.

Whether developers could gain access to unauthorized user data was a known issue that he and others questioned, Parakilas said.

The reason concerns the nature of how Facebook handled its users» data before rising privacy concerns prompted it to tighten its policies against what critics have called an egregious kind of abuse — allowing app developers to gain access to information not only on their customers but also on their customers» many Facebook friends.

«To promote the growth of a developer ecosystem, Facebook provided third - party developers access to their users» data as well,» Crandall noteTo promote the growth of a developer ecosystem, Facebook provided third - party developers access to their users» data as well,» Crandall noteto their users» data as well,» Crandall noted.

Facebook launches the first version of Open Graph API, which allows outside app developers to access user data.

remove developers» access to a user's data if the user hadn't activated the developer's app for three months

Among the measures he said Facebook will take, the company will investigate and look for any potential abuses of personal data by app developers on its platform that have had access to large amounts of user data.

In his post Wednesday, Zuckerberg said Facebook will take steps to further restrict developers» access to user data, including automatically removing access for any app the user hasn't opened in at least three months.

Yet it wasn't until 2014 that the company changed its data - sharing policy that allowed developers to access not only the data of a user who downloaded or agreed to use their app, but also that of their friends.

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg in 2007 invited outside developers to build their businesses off Facebook's data, giving them ready access to the friend lists, «likes» and affinities that connect millions of Facebook users.

The company also spent those days trying to devise a plan to secure user data collected by developers since Facebook's 2007 decision to provide outsiders access to user data to build apps and service, according to Ms. Sandberg and other people familiar with the company.

More restrictions will be placed on developers» access to user data when those users no longer engage with the apps.

Facebook, Zuckerberg said, will now restrict the data that third - party developers can access to names, profile photos and email addresses, and will require developers to sign a contract before being allowed to ask users for rights to their posts.

The technology company also said at the time it would investigate all applications that had gotten access to large amounts of data before the firm changed its platform in 2014, would further restrict developers» data access and roll out a tool to let users more easily revoke access by applications to their data.