Your home address and phone number are now part of the information dump third-party developers can obtain through Facebook-powered Website logins and applications.
A new policy lets you authorize applications such as Facebook games and quizzes, and Websites that you log into with your Facebook ID access some of your most personal Facebook data. Facebook announced the changes in a developer blog post on Friday.
Whenever you start using a new Facebook application such as Farmville, a pop-up window appears showing you the details from your Facebook profile the application wants to access. Now, under the heading "Access my contact information," developers can ask for your home address and mobile phone number if you've included this information in your profile.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/216850/
A new policy lets you authorize applications such as Facebook games and quizzes, and Websites that you log into with your Facebook ID access some of your most personal Facebook data. Facebook announced the changes in a developer blog post on Friday.
Whenever you start using a new Facebook application such as Farmville, a pop-up window appears showing you the details from your Facebook profile the application wants to access. Now, under the heading "Access my contact information," developers can ask for your home address and mobile phone number if you've included this information in your profile.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/216850/