NEW: After Cambridge Analytica, Facebook said it had long ago closed off the kind of broad data-sharing Cambridge used to get users' personal information.
But Apple, Samsung, & dozens of other manufacturers kept their access.
Our exclusive @nytimes story:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/03/technology/facebook-device-partners-users-friends-data.html …
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Partners could only integrate someone's FB information with their device if that person had given their permission. And contrary to claims by NYT, friends' information — for example birthdays or photos — was only shared if that friend had permitted it in their settings.
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In April we announced that we're winding down these APIs now that iOS and Android are so popular — and fewer people rely on them to get Facebook. We've already ended 22 of these partnerships. (https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2018/04/24/new-facebook-platform-product-changes-policy-updates/ …
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