Saturday, October 23, 2010

"MySpace moves against apps who share user data"

This caught my attention today: MySpace has started cracking down on app developers that share personal user data. This is in violation of MySpace's terms of use. I think this fits well with our current class topic of privacy and privacy invasion.



source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/10/23/myspace.leaks/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

1 comment:

  1. Great post.

    This comes on the heels of the controversy surrounding Facebook apps.

    http://www.switched.com/2010/10/18/apps-caught-leaking-facebook-user-data-to-third-parties/

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304772804575558484075236968.html

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