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

Facebook Rolls Out New App Authentication Flow That Ups Privacy and Transparency(insidefacebook.com)

20 points by anymoonus 14 years ago | 4 comments

adamjernst 14 years ago |

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."

jfarmer 14 years ago | |

You could use a tool like Kissmetrics or Mixpanel to track that easily enough -- just fire one event when the permissions dialog is opened, and another if the user accepts the permissions.

runn1ng 14 years ago |

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

jaylevitt 14 years ago |

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