Facebook does not really escape the problems with data security within the social network, so today we are talking about a new case in which the data of millions of accounts would have been compromised by an application from the platform. More precisely, the application myPersonality, would have accessed data from millions of accounts within the social network in an unauthorized manner, as happened with Cambridge Analytica, or with other applications that have been reported so far.
Facebook claims that the respective application accessed data about which it does not want to provide the details of how, the company behind it refusing to allow those from Facebook to audit the accessed information. Considering this refusal, those from Facebook claim that it is very clear that this company distributed the respective data in an unauthorized way to third-party companies, and now it refuses to be held accountable, something that is to be expected.
Facebook: THE PROBLEM AFFECTING MILLIONS of Accounts
Facebook is trying to apologize by saying that in fact this application was mainly active before 2012, but it does not say that no data was accessed after that point, it being blocked only today in the platform. Facebook says that the data of 4 million people would have been accessed in an unauthorized way by the application myPersonality, but no one will be able to hold the company accountable if the American authorities do not get involved and do a serious investigation in this case.
"Today we banned myPersonality — an app that was mainly active prior to 2012 — from Facebook for failing to agree to our request to audit and because it's clear that they shared information with researchers as well as companies with only limited protections in place. As a result we will notify the roughly 4 million people who chose to share their Facebook information with myPersonality that it may have been misused."
Facebook claims that although the data of some people were accessed by the platform, there is no information to suggest that the data of their friends was accessed, so they should be safe. Facebook claims that it has suspended 400 applications from the platform that accessed user data in an unauthorized manner, and that it will continue the process in the coming months, but in the meantime, those who had the data accessed will not be notified.