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Facebook Confirms Data-Sharing Deals With Huawei and Other Chinese Companies

posted by mrpg on Thursday June 07 2018, @03:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the [sigh-2] dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

[...] The social media company said Huawei, computer maker Lenovo Group, and smartphone makers OPPO and TCL Corp were among about 60 companies worldwide that received access to some user data after they signed contracts to re-create Facebook-like experiences for their users.

Members of Congress raised concerns after The New York Times reported on the practice on Sunday, saying that data of users’ friends could have been accessed without their explicit consent. Facebook denied that and said the data access was to allow its users to access account features on mobile devices.

[...] Chinese telecommunications companies have come under scrutiny from U.S. intelligence officials who argue they provide an opportunity for foreign espionage and threaten critical U.S. infrastructure, something the Chinese have consistently denied.

[...] Senators John Thune, the committee’s Republican chairman, and Bill Nelson, the ranking Democrat, on Tuesday wrote to Zuckerberg after The New York Times reported that manufacturers were able to access data of users’ friends even if the friends denied permission to share the information with third parties.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Gaaark on Thursday June 07 2018, @10:16AM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Thursday June 07 2018, @10:16AM (#689794) Journal

    I'm sure Zuck is REALLY SORRY and will look into it, just like all the other times they got caught.

    I'm sure he's really sorry for all the things they haven't yet been caught doing.

    He's sorry...you can trust him...

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 07 2018, @05:09PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday June 07 2018, @05:09PM (#689953) Journal

    This is how we end up with all those regulations certain folks are always going on about.

    If businesses weren't complete assholes we wouldn't need things like OSHA and the EPA.