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March 21, 2018 06:03 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/IEmm3z3wjb8/mozilla-launches-a-petition-asking-facebook-to-do-more-for-user-privacy
Mozilla Launches a Petition Asking Facebook To Do More For User Privacy
An anonymous reader shares a report: After it was revealed that the personal data of 50 million Facebook users was shared without consent, Mozilla is calling on the social network to ensure that user privacy is protected by default, particularly when it comes to apps. Ashley Boyd, Mozilla's vice president of advocacy, says that billions of Facebook users are unknowingly at risk of having their data passed on to third parties. He says: "If you play games, read news or take quizzes on Facebook, chances are you are doing those activities through third-party apps and not through Facebook itself. The default permissions that Facebook gives to those third parties currently include data from your education and work, current city and posts on your timeline."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/IEmm3z3wjb8/mozilla-launches-a-petition-asking-facebook-to-do-more-for-user-privacy
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