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Re:Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation by prostoalex on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:19PM (#16641972)
But there are many legitimate use cases of sharing email addresses. Just scratching the surface,

* someone used Facebook Connect to login to NYTimes Web site, curious about their Food & Recipes newsletter, wants to sign up

* someone logging into e-commerce shop through Facebook Connect, making a purchase and then deciding that yes, they would like to track and manage their order on the retailer's Web site, and they will even sign up for an account with retailer to do that

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Re:Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation by MertsA on Thursday March 22, 2018 @06:04PM (#16653131)
Neither one of those use cases would necessitate using the user's real email address instead of the forwarding address that Facebook provided.
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Re:Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation by bobthepanda on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:59PM (#16642350)
Which is fine. But most apps that I remember of this type (back when I used Facebook apps) would ask you for it on landing. Nothing ever has to be black-and-white.
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