Facebook gave Spotify and Netflix access to users’ private messages

Re:Facebook gave Spotify and Netflix access to users’ privat... by fredoliveira on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @09:45AM (#18715884)

I'm confused about what is publicly available information in private messages. Can you explain?

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Re:Facebook gave Spotify and Netflix access to users’ privat... by jonathanehrlich on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @09:51AM (#18715932)

I'm not sure either but i don't believe there is such a thing. No private message data was shared publicly.

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Re:Facebook gave Spotify and Netflix access to users’ privat... by fredoliveira on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @10:31AM (#18716258)

I mean, the articles don't suggest it was shared publicly :-) They suggest it was shared with specific companies - but that it was shared nevertheless. That sounds like a serious violation of users' privacy.

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Re:Facebook gave Spotify and Netflix access to users’ privat... by jonathanehrlich on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @10:51AM (#18716428)

If they did it without user consent, it would be an issue for sure.

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