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 Post subject: Facebook sneaks out the adware
New postPosted: Fri 07 May, 2010 8:52 am 
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Updated: Already under fire for taking liberties with users' privacy, Facebook was outted on Thursday as a distributor of unwanted applications, some of which install adware or are added to user profiles without permission.

As noted earlier by PC World, the social networking site silently adds apps to profiles whenever a user is logged in and browses to certain sites. Facebook displays no dialogue box or notification window asking permission, and there is no easy way to opt out of the process.


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