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

by anymoonus on 10/15/11, 12:28 AM with 4 comments

• by adamjernst on 10/15/11, 2:39 AM

  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."

• by runn1ng on 10/15/11, 3:23 AM

  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

• by jaylevitt on 10/15/11, 4:41 AM

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