Farmville | Breaking Cybersecurity News | The Hacker News

Facebook privacy has been a recurring topic in the news. With the massive number of users on the site, the amount of personal data involved is enormous. Recently, it has been revealed that many popular third-party apps, mainly games like Farmville and Texas HoldEm Poker, are leaking the unique Facebook ID that can track individual users. According to an investigation by the Wall Street Journal, several Facebook apps have been providing advertisers with information that makes social networking users easily identifiable. All ten of Facebook's most popular apps, including Farmville and Texas HoldEm Poker, are leaking the unique Facebook ID number to outside firms. Each Facebook ID is unique and linked to every profile. By searching for this number, anyone can access the user's profile and view the information they have chosen to share with the public. This can include their name, date of birth, and even photos. Farmville, with 59 million users, also passes this information about a ...