Most Facebook Apps Can Post Behind Your Back [EXCLUSIVE]

By mashable.com | Posted - Sept. 4, 2012 at 11:16 p.m.

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How many apps have you installed on Facebook? More importantly, how many of them could post something in your name right now, without your knowledge? Chances are, it's more than half of them.
Privacy protection company Secure.me analyzed some 500,000 Facebook apps, and shared the results exclusively with Mashable. The biggest takeaways: 63% of those apps ask for the ability to post on your behalf -- and 69% of them can grab your email address.
It has become second nature to connect various apps like Instagram, SocialCam, AngryBirds, CityVille, and Spotify to your Facebook ID," says Secure.me founder Christian Sigl. "You just click agree without even really knowing what yo Continue reading...
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