Facebook will give application developers access to your email address

[Shayla]

Facebook has just announced at their Facebook?s Developer Garage that developers on their platform will be given access to their users email addresses.

The goal is to create a more ?open? Facebook and let developers feel their users/customers are actually their own, rather than just Facebook?s.

For developers, this will mean App-to-user notifications will eventually be disabled and developers will have to contact users via email to update them about application updates. For your average Facebook user, the consequences of such a move are significant.

Whenever a user ?installs? an application, the developer requests the users email address (similar to the various other requests you find when installing an application) and if accepted, the developer is handed their email address, along with first name and last name. This will not be optional This WILL be optional however there will no method of contact by the application developer should the request no be accepted. Therefore for full application functionality, developers will be able to store all these details for use in regard to that specific application but potealternative use as well as well.

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[truba11a]

that's not right

[AgentGray]

you can already request their email, it's not a new feature, just presented better. Having a centralized way to request permission to access emails makes sense... as long as apps don't start REQUIRING it, I like the change.

[Raa]

I'm SO glad I don't use any apps.

[svnO.o]

Sounds like a good idea to me. The title is a bit misleading though -- makes it sound like they automatically get your email address and name if you are using their app. But since it requires permission by the user then it is fine by me.

[Pallab]

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This will not be optional This WILL be optional

That doesn't sound right.

Anyway, the title kind of presents things out of context. After reading the title I thought that Facebook had messed up things once again.

[carmatic]

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This will not be optional This WILL be optional

will it be optional?

[Lannister]

Glad I permanently deleted my Facebook account a while back. Was a handy way to keep in touch with family in England, but it's such a mess of a site that I couldn't be bothered any more. Email ftw :)

[.bin]

  Raa said:

I'm SO glad I don't use any apps.

Absolutely agree with you. I think a "game" or something as silly requires permission to "Collect (for no purpose at all but marketing)" information from you is impersonating, especially for people who have multiple thousands of applications.

[Neoauld]

removed all my apps, they werent useful anyhow

[Syanide]

  Raa said:

I'm SO glad I don't use any apps.

[Ambroos]

Don't use any apps at all either. Facebook without apps is quite powerful as it is.

[Ci7]

  Lannister said:

Glad I permanently deleted my Facebook account a while back. Was a handy way to keep in touch with family in England, but it's such a mess of a site that I couldn't be bothered any more. Email ftw :)

deleted account?

last i check we can temporarily disable our account

[Syanide]

  Ambroos said:

Don't use any apps at all either. Facebook without apps is quite powerful as it is.

Exactly. Plus I've found some good mobile Facebook apps, which make communication a lot easier and faster.

The real problem isn't really in Facebook, it's how people use it. And too many people use it, in all the wrong ways.

  Ci7 said:

deleted account?

last i check we can temporarily disable our account

There's a request form somewhere for permanent deletion of the account. If I find the link I'll post it.

[Colin-uk Veteran]

so we get to say specifically what information developers can have? thats cool.

never really liked the "allow all access or nothing" way of doing things...

[SH3K0]

  Symod said:

Exactly. Plus I've found some good mobile Facebook apps, which make communication a lot easier and faster.

The real problem isn't really in Facebook, it's how people use it. And too many people use it, in all the wrong ways.

There's a request form somewhere for permanent deletion of the account. If I find the link I'll post it.

Yip there is. Here is the link - https://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?s...=delete_account

If posting direct links is not allowed, then sorry!

[Lannister]

  Ci7 said:

deleted account?

last i check we can temporarily disable our account

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HOW TO DELETE (short version)

Go here:

http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?s...=delete_account

Click "Submit" and follow the instructions.

Read below (click "read more") for important information!

Please, don't skip this.

Ther above will delete your account permanently after two weeks of inactivity.