Facebook Rolls Out New App Authentication Flow That Ups Privacy and Transparency

http://www.insidefacebook.com/2011/10/14/app-authentication-extended-permissions/

by anymoonus • 15 years ago

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adamjernst• 15 years ago

Good, but why not make all permissions truly optional?

I think app authors would be a lot more responsive if they saw stack traces from failed attempts to use a declined permission, rather than the silent number of users who never sign up because permissions are overreaching. Throw up a warning when you decline a permission that the app marks as necessary: "This app may crash if you deny this permission."

jfarmer• 15 years ago

You could use a tool like Kissmetrics or Mixpanel to track that easily enough -- just fire one event when the permissions dialog is opened, and another if the user accepts the permissions.

runn1ng• 15 years ago

Sorry that I am too bitter, but at this point it is pretty clear that "Facebook" and "Privacy and Transparency" doesn't go very well together

jaylevitt• 15 years ago

Can this flow be used by non-app apps, or whatever we're calling Facebook Connect-type web sites these days?

Facebook Rolls Out New App Authentication Flow That Ups Privacy and Transparency

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