These last two years are being years where great computer investigations are being carried out on the user privacy. People seek to use services backed by a legal framework and a series of elements that provide security and privacy to the environment in which we operate. After the Cambridge Analytica scandal, comes the new Facebook scandal.
A few hours ago, the New York Times published an extensive report where it assured that Facebook had been allowing access to large companies to private content without the consent of users. Companies like Amazon, Bing, Yahoo! o Netflix were able to access private messages and other content. These are the statements of Mark Zuckerberg's company.
Another scandal more related to privacy on Facebook
Facebook permitió que Amazon obtuviera los nombres de los usuarios y la información de contacto a través de sus amigos, y esto le permitió a Yahoo ver las publicaciones de los amigos recientemente este verano, a pesar de las declaraciones públicas de que había dejado de compartir ese tipo de años anteriores.
This is one example of the many that are explained in the report of the New York Times. This medium ensures that Facebook allowed access and manipulate the private messages of users of the social network to companies like Spotify or Netflix. Just yesterday these same companies released separate press releases flatly denying access to these data. These privileges go beyond what users can accept when they use the APIs of the social network.
All the reactions by the most used social network in the world arrive today. The published press release ensures that they have closed connections with up to 4 companies for a few months to prevent this type of information. On the other hand, they confirm that what is being published is wrong and that the access to the messages, for example, was for integrate the sending of messages from third-party applications. They give an example of sharing a song with our friends or recommending a series to a friend that we have added on Facebook.
However, the other side of the coin is the rest of the companies involved. All claim to have nothing to do with the scandal, while the social network hints that this conglomerate of "secret" functions was aimed at offering Facebook integration in third-party applications.
