‘Social Media Privacy: 3 Questions to Ask Before Authorizing Third-Party Apps’ – ‘Mashable’

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Jamie Beckland says, “Never completely off the radar, privacy concerns recently stepped back into the spotlight.

In the past months alone, privacy issues have emerged from all corners. The California Attorney General is twisting arms for better app disclosures, and startup Path apologized for scraping address books. And during February’s OpenDialogue, CEO of Thornley Fallis Joseph Thornley claimed that Facebook “violates our privacy day by day, because it’s impossible to give informed consent.”

Social Media Privacy: 3 Questions to Ask Before Authorizing Third-Party Apps

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