Re:PSN automatically "roots" your Facebook, no permission gr...
by bpd1069 on Sunday March 11, 2012 @11:41PM
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I'm not in the mood to rant on about Facebook, but I must say Facebook allows this to happen. If it didn't it wouldn't.
Facebook gives users the illusion of control and will only extend that illusion when someone makes a loud fuss (or a lawsuit).
When Zuckerberg states that Facebook has a hacking culture, I think he meant social engineering.
Also, just to clear up what happened, I was asked to allow separate permissions for modern warfare 3 (much less lenient ones) and when i did that, psn also hopped on board and opened up everything (which I clearly did not authorize). I don't think that facebook has anything to do with this except for the fact that it is possible. I would hope that this sort of use of their service makes them unhappy.
I would take personally any app that asked me to allow certain rights and then piggybacked on every single possible right without notification. Some people don't care, I think it is an issue to bring to everyones attention. I'm glad you got amusement, hopefully some others got more.