Microsoft - Facebook: In an open relationship with your data

Which third parties can access sensitive data that users post on Facebook, such as email addresses? It depends on the partner, according to Facebook. So here’s the latest tidbit about how this policy is being implemented.

…Which third parties can access sensitive data that users post on Facebook, such as email addresses? It depends on the partner, according to Facebook. So here’s the latest tidbit about how this policy is being implemented.
Earlier today, Michael Arrington at Techcrunch spotted a way for Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger instant message service to access your Facebook friends’ email addresses, using its Invite2Messenger feature for importing contacts from other sites. Invite2Messenger has been live for eight months. It lets you pick which Facebook friends you want to add to the service, and apparently until today showed you their email addresses within its interface. While it’s supposed to work with a variety of social networks, only Facebook is currently available. See the screenshot Arrington took, above.
Email is a great way for companies to communicate with users about their services, and Facebook has always kept a very tight lid on who could access the addresses in its possession. Now Facebook has…

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Microsoft - Facebook: In an open relationship with your data

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