Am I understanding correctly is that the primary blame on Facebook is in enabling apps (via API) to collect data?
This stuff has unfortunately existed for years, no different from an Android "beautiful waterfall wallpapers" app that also happens to ask for permission to access your contacts/messages. People consent to their data being public (sometimes in second-degree through their friends), data gets collected. And what about all those helpful Chrome extensions that want access to all of your browsing tabs?
I never authorize third-party apps on my accounts (or even install non-local Chrome extensions), but I'm likely in the minority.
This stuff has unfortunately existed for years, no different from an Android "beautiful waterfall wallpapers" app that also happens to ask for permission to access your contacts/messages. People consent to their data being public (sometimes in second-degree through their friends), data gets collected. And what about all those helpful Chrome extensions that want access to all of your browsing tabs?
I never authorize third-party apps on my accounts (or even install non-local Chrome extensions), but I'm likely in the minority.