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Facebook in hot water over data gathering practices

2013-06-25 14:21:20| InfoWorld: Top News

As if admitting a data breach exposing personal information for 6 million of its members wasn't bad enough, now Facebook is facing growing ire over its data gathering practices. Last Friday, the social network announced it fixed a bug that affected about six million people that allowed some of its members to see additional information about their contacts when using Facebook's "Download Your Information" tool. The tool allows a person to download an archive copy of their Facebook account.

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AT&T's mobile chief: We've sold out of the Facebook phone

2013-06-25 00:48:22| CNET News.com

AT&T's Ralph de la Vega on why the HTC First is like a the Motorola Rokr -- and why that's a good thing. [Read more]    

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Pesky Bug Drags Facebook Shadow Profiles Into the Spotlight

2013-06-24 21:40:59| TechNewsWorld

A bug that has been in Facebook's network for about a year, has exposed private information on about 6 million of its users to other users during that period. This has revived concern that the company maintains a database of shadow profiles of members and their friends, even if the latter are non-members. Facebook has found and squashed the bug, but the news has angered some users.

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Facebook lets slip 6 mln e-mail addresses, phone numbers

2013-06-24 08:46:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Facebook admitted to having unintentionally shared approximately 6 million users' e-mail addresses and phone numbers with unauthorised viewers in the last year. The data leaks began in 2012 because of a technical glitch, according to the social network. Facebook users who downloaded contact information for their friends list received additional data they were not meant to have. Facebook, which has 1.1 billion users around the world, said it has no evidence that the vulnerability was exploited maliciously. It received no complaints nor does it evidence to suggest wrongdoing. Facebook nonetheless said it was 'upset and embarrassed' by the error.

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Facebook reportedly working on mobile news-delivery service

2013-06-24 04:00:04| CNET News.com

Dubbed internally as Reader, the service would display content from users and publishers in a new visual format tailored for mobile devices, sources tell The Wall Street Journal. [Read more]    

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