Facebook plans to allow third party apps and sites access to your email address and telephone number have been put on ice after warnings from security experts pointed out the juicy pickings they’d be offering for rogue developers. But could it still make a return?
The reason that Facebook is hesitating over the decision isn’t because it has realised a fundamental problem with selling or sharing your information, it’s because they need a better way of pointing out to users when they’re about to allow third parties access to their information. As it stands, the plans are on “temporary hold”.
