WEBVTT - Facebook Makes Privacy Changes

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook cracks down on data abuse. I'm Rich Dmiro. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Rich on Tech Daily. So Facebook has spoken out

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<v Speaker 1>about the big breach of data and trust when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to their users. CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a Facebook

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<v Speaker 1>post explaining how we got here, what happened, and what

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook is going to do in the future to prevent

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<v Speaker 1>any more abuse of data. So number one, the company

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<v Speaker 1>explained that they really changed the rules back in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen so that this sort of thing can't really happen anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>But they're going to clamp down even further. So let's

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<v Speaker 1>go back a little bit. When Facebook started. The whole

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<v Speaker 1>point of Facebook was that it was different. Not only

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<v Speaker 1>did they have all of your social data in there,

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<v Speaker 1>but third party apps could use your data to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of make those apps better. So if you have a

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<v Speaker 1>calendar app, it can populate that app with your friend's birthdays,

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<v Speaker 1>for example. But to do that, you had to log

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<v Speaker 1>in and give approval to saying hey, you can use

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<v Speaker 1>my information and all the information of my friends as well. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty fourteen, Facebook kind of changed that because they

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<v Speaker 1>saw that this thing was expanding in a big way

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<v Speaker 1>and they said, you know what, we need to make

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<v Speaker 1>more granular permissions for this kind of stuff. So if

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<v Speaker 1>it's a photo sharing app, we need to get specific

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<v Speaker 1>permission from you to access your photos. So they started

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<v Speaker 1>making things a little bit more siloed, so if an

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<v Speaker 1>app wanted access to your photos, they'd have to ask

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<v Speaker 1>for it. If they wanted access to your likes, they

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<v Speaker 1>would have to ask for it instead of just getting

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<v Speaker 1>everything all at once. Facebook says, even with all these changes,

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<v Speaker 1>they've still seen abuse of the platform and misuse of

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<v Speaker 1>people's data. So now they're going to make changes to

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<v Speaker 1>prevent further abuse. So here's all the changes they talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>Number One, they're reviewing their platform. They're going to investigate

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<v Speaker 1>all apps that had access to large amounts of information

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<v Speaker 1>before they changed things up in twenty fourteen. If they

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<v Speaker 1>find that developers misused any information, they're going to ban

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<v Speaker 1>them from making future apps, which is interesting. They're going

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<v Speaker 1>to also tell people about data misuse. So if Facebook

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<v Speaker 1>in its you know, analytics, figures out that some app

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<v Speaker 1>is misusing information, they're actually going to tell you users.

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook probably had an idea about all this stuff way

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<v Speaker 1>before we did, and that's because their computers are constantly

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<v Speaker 1>monitoring all this data that's being moved around. So moving forward,

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<v Speaker 1>if Facebook detects something like this and they remove an app,

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<v Speaker 1>they're actually going to tell everyone who use that app

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<v Speaker 1>about it. They're also going to turn off access for

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<v Speaker 1>unused apps. This is probably the best and biggest change

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<v Speaker 1>they're making. So let's say you take one of those

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<v Speaker 1>personality quizzes and then you forget about it, right, you

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<v Speaker 1>do the personality quiz or the celebrity lookalike quiz, and

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<v Speaker 1>you totally forget that you connected this to your Facebook account.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't use an app within three months, they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to turn off that app's access to your information.

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<v Speaker 1>That is huge, and it won't affect things like if

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<v Speaker 1>you've connected to Netflix or a Pandora or something like that,

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<v Speaker 1>because you're logging in with that all the time, but

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<v Speaker 1>it will affect these kind of rogue apps that want

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<v Speaker 1>to get your information and for as long as possible,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's huge. Facebook is also changing the way Facebook

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<v Speaker 1>login works. So if you listen to this podcast before

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<v Speaker 1>you know that I said I don't really like using

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook to log into third party sites. So let's say

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<v Speaker 1>you sign up for something like Pandora and it says, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>use Facebook to log in. I like when you make

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<v Speaker 1>separate accounts for everything. That way things are less connected. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook says they are going to change log in so

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<v Speaker 1>that they're going to reduce the data and app can request.

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<v Speaker 1>So mainly apps only get your name, your profile photo,

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<v Speaker 1>and your email address, but if they want any other data,

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to have to specifically request it and get

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<v Speaker 1>approval for that. So instead of getting your data, birth,

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<v Speaker 1>your like list, your friends list, all that stuff, that

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<v Speaker 1>will take kind of a bigger level of approval. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook is now going to encourage people to manage the

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<v Speaker 1>apps that they use. So right now you can go

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<v Speaker 1>in and, like we've talked about, you can see all

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<v Speaker 1>the apps that are connected to your account, but actually

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<v Speaker 1>finding that list of apps was not very easy. So

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook is going to put a new tool right at

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<v Speaker 1>the top of people's news feeds that they can see

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<v Speaker 1>the apps that are connected and disconnect those apps very quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>There you have it, some of the changes Facebook is

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<v Speaker 1>making to crack down on abuse of its platform and

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<v Speaker 1>to better protect your privacy. If you want a link

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<v Speaker 1>to check out the third party apps that have access

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<v Speaker 1>to your Facebook data currently and instructions on how to

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<v Speaker 1>disconnect those go to my website Rich on tech dot

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<v Speaker 1>tv and if you enjoy this podcast, please rate and

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<v Speaker 1>Rich jamiro Rich on tech dot tv. Talk to you

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<v Speaker 1>real soon