Now you can save your facebook account from syping. Researchers have designed a new screen which allows users to decide what type of information they want to share with which member. Researchers have created an interface that will help Facebook users to keep their private information secret.
Signing up for a game or application, Facebook members could overrule their global privacy settings. But now Penn State University researchers have devised a sign-up interface to tackle the problem.
Researchers claim that many Facebook app developers may try to profit from their games and tools by selling the data with advertisers and other companies. The information could also be leaked to identity thieves.
Members who sign up for an app must agree to new terms of information disclosure that are often different from their main Facebook privacy settings, they say.
Heng Xu said "The only way to find out how the information is going to be used is to go to each app's website and review the terms of use. And many people won't do that".
The sign-up screen currently is a general agreement that shows information third-party developers are requesting. If the member does not agree, the member cannot use the app.
The screen designed by the researchers allows members to decide what types of information they are comfortable sharing and with whom they want to share it.
Privacy settings allow members to determine how much information the member wants to display or share with their members of their network and Facebook.
This data can include birthdate, hometown and current city, as well as pictures the members uploaded to their pages.
Members may not consider data like hometown or birthdates vital information, but Heng said that hackers can use such information to guess social security numbers.
"Facebook has used feedback from the 800 million people who use the site to develop a strict application permissions process, where applications have to ask you what information they need in order to run."
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