Report: Facebook gathers sensitive information about users via external applications

Many of us use Facebook as a way to connect to an application because of the ease of use compared to the normal recording mechanism, but did you know that once you get started? are registered in this way, Facebook has received permission to collect all your personal data that you shared with the application; Of course, your data has become in the Facebook quilt.

A report from Mobilsicher, a German security company, revealed that Facebook had access to sensitive user information via Android apps such as Tinder, Grindr, Pregnancy, OKCupid, Migraine Buddy and Bible, including Muslim Pro, reminder of prayer, ears and Koran.

The information collected for marketing purposes is primarily used to understand the tastes and tastes of the user and to personalize the appropriate ad based on its recent activities and applications (for example, users of the site and the site). Pregnancy application may notice advertisements including children's clothing). In some cases, to determine the religious trends of the user.

The report fits into the same context as a previous report highlighting the fact that some companies, such as Netflix and SpotPay, had the right to access user data, which is a flagrant violation of the data protection of the users. To cover the series of scandals and successive conflicts.