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Re:Facebook Now Shares Phone Number & Address With Third-Par... by jdp23 on Sunday January 16, 2011 @10:21PM (#2111085)
Interesting, I didn't know that.

> Giving line-item veto to a user is a terrible idea.

Giving the user choice about whether or not they want to give up their personal information is a great idea. Suppose I don't want the app to have my email and phone number. Without finer-grained control, my only option is to say no to the entire app -- so they lose me as a user.

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Re:Facebook Now Shares Phone Number & Address With Third-Par... by MichaelApproved on Monday January 17, 2011 @03:19AM (#2111562)
They'll gain more users by reducing options which make things less confusing than they'll lose because they didn't give fine grain control.
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