Comments on: This is not a breach. Stop fear mongering. http://alternageek.com/hosts/linuxchic/this-is-not-a-breach-stop-fear-mongering/ Technology podcast from Alternageek.com Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:11:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: linuxchic http://alternageek.com/hosts/linuxchic/this-is-not-a-breach-stop-fear-mongering/comment-page-1/#comment-58 linuxchic Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:13:48 +0000 http://alternageek.com/hosts/this-is-not-a-breach-stop-fear-mongering/#comment-58 When you add a Flickr application to your Facebook profile you are taken to Flickr to authorize the application which warns you "By authorizing this link, you'll allow the Facebook app service to provide: * Access to your photos (including private photos)" I kind of assumed that there was a possibility that I wouldn't be able to keep my private photos private at this point when importing them into Facebook. Perhaps the Twitter app needs a similar warning. The My Flickr application in Facebook lets you specify which pictures to include based on your privacy settings on the photos. I am not sure about the other Flickr apps since I haven't used them. When you add a Flickr application to your Facebook profile you are taken to Flickr to authorize the application which warns you “By authorizing this link, you’ll allow the Facebook app service to provide:
* Access to your photos (including private photos)”

I kind of assumed that there was a possibility that I wouldn’t be able to keep my private photos private at this point when importing them into Facebook. Perhaps the Twitter app needs a similar warning.

The My Flickr application in Facebook lets you specify which pictures to include based on your privacy settings on the photos. I am not sure about the other Flickr apps since I haven’t used them.

]]> By: Ed Roberts http://alternageek.com/hosts/linuxchic/this-is-not-a-breach-stop-fear-mongering/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Ed Roberts Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:04:41 +0000 http://alternageek.com/hosts/this-is-not-a-breach-stop-fear-mongering/#comment-57 I've noticed the same Facebook problem with the Flickr application in the past. Posts all pics despite your Flickr settings. I’ve noticed the same Facebook problem with the Flickr application in the past. Posts all pics despite your Flickr settings.

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