By EMILY STEEL And GEOFFREY A. FOWLER
Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people's names and, in some cases, their friends' names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
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Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people's names and, in some cases, their friends' names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
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I think people need to assume that anything they post, including chats, on Facebook are public. Facebook can sell the site, or portions, any time they desire. It is a for profit enterprise. I believe governments, credit agencies, litigators, are all using Facebook to track what people are doing.
Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people's names and, in some cases, their friends' names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
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Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people's names and, in some cases, their friends' names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
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I think people need to assume that anything they post, including chats, on Facebook are public. Facebook can sell the site, or portions, any time they desire. It is a for profit enterprise. I believe governments, credit agencies, litigators, are all using Facebook to track what people are doing.
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