CanaryTrap: Detecting data misuse by third-party apps on online social networks

Re:CanaryTrap: Detecting data misuse by third-party apps on ... by jsnell on Friday July 03, 2020 @10:56AM (#23724545)

"Facebook app" is an ambiguous term. IIUC, this is "third-party apps running on the Facebook platform", rather than "apps created by Facebook".

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Re:CanaryTrap: Detecting data misuse by third-party apps on ... by close04 on Friday July 03, 2020 @12:28PM (#23725313)

Not that different from Android apps or Windows apps. Facebook also refers to them as apps so calling them "Facebook apps" is a pretty accurate description.

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Re:CanaryTrap: Detecting data misuse by third-party apps on ... by jsnell on Friday July 03, 2020 @01:38PM (#23725877)

I'm not saying it's inaccurate. I'm saying it's ambiguous. Literally every search result I got on the first page for "Facebook app" was about a mobile app written by Facebook to access a Facebook-owned service (fb, WhatsApp, Instagram).

Since some people might not read the article and just the title, it seemed worth calling out.

Edit: ah, the title was edited from "Facebook app" to "third party social network app". So never mind :)

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