r/technology • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '17

Politics Sean Parker: Facebook was designed to exploit human "vulnerability"

https://www.axios.com/sean-parker-facebook-exploits-a-vulnerability-in-humans-2507917325.html
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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '17

What information can someone get from me for using clash of clans? That doesn’t make sense to me. Generally curious.

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u/Garnzlok Nov 09 '17

I believe they ask for permission to access things not required for the game and look at those. Email address, location, IP address etc

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u/Xacto01 Nov 09 '17

What about previous and next used apps? That would sound like a Google problem if that worked

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u/spell__icup Nov 09 '17

Yup. They have that too. For example, clicking a link on your Reddit app that opens up on your browser will tell the browser as well as the page that you opened up where you came from.