Condensed from “Top Facebook Applications Caught in Major Security Breaches,” copyright Emily Steel and Geoffrey Fowler of the Wall Street Journal, which was published in the Cambodia Daily, Oct. 19, 2010. All text below is copyright Steel and Fowler/the Wall Street Journal.
NEW YORK – Many of the most popular applications, or “apps,” on the social-networking site Facebook Inc have been transmitting identifying information . . . to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
The Journal found that all of the 10 most popular apps on Facebook were transmitting users' IDs to outside companies. The apps . . . include Zynga Game Network Inc's FarmVille, with 59 million users, and Texas HoldEm Poker and FronteirVille. Three of the top 10 apps, including FarmVille, also have been transmitting personal information to outside companies.
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