Facebook Apps news and trends

Suspended Facebook App Left 3M Users’ Data Unsecured
Facebook // May 15, 2018

Facebook announced that it has suspended 200 apps as part of its ongoing investigation into third parties and the way they handle user data. The investigation is in response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where 87 million Facebook users had their data improperly shared with...

Facebook’s Big Reorg Moves Marcus To Blockchain
Facebook // May 09, 2018

Facebook just completed the biggest executive shakeup in its 15-year history, with several key players changing roles at the company. According to Recode, the changes, which were announced internally to employees on Tuesday (May 8), include David Marcus, the head of Facebook’s standalone messaging app,...

Dating App Bumble Forgoes Facebook Authentication
Facebook // April 17, 2018

Dating app Bumble has changed its login system so that its 30 million-plus users can bypass Facebook. “Many of our users and prospective users asked for an alternative registration method,” Louise Troen, Bumble’s VP of international marketing and communications, said in an interview with Wired....

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(Another) Facebook Quiz Exposed Data On 120M Users

June 29, 2018
A hacker has found that a Facebook quiz has exposed the information of more than 120 million monthly users— even after they deleted the app. Inti De Ceukelaire, a hacker at Securinti, wrote in a Medium post that Nametests.com, the website behind the quizzes, recently fixed a flaw that publicly exposed the information. De Ceukelaire started […]

Suspended Facebook App Left 3M Users’ Data Unsecured

May 15, 2018
Facebook announced that it has suspended 200 apps as part of its ongoing investigation into third parties and the way they handle user data. The investigation is in response to...

Facebook’s Big Reorg Moves Marcus To Blockchain

May 09, 2018
Facebook just completed the biggest executive shakeup in its 15-year history, with several key players changing roles at the company. According to Recode, the changes, which were announced internally to...

Dating App Bumble Forgoes Facebook Authentication

April 17, 2018
Dating app Bumble has changed its login system so that its 30 million-plus users can bypass Facebook. “Many of our users and prospective users asked for an alternative registration method,”...