Your data can be hijacked if you use Login With Facebook


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 19 Apr 2018

The vulnerability allows the trackers to get access to user

Facebook cannot just seem to catch a break. After the explosive Cambridge Analytica saga, the social media platform has been hit again with another scandal involving its ubiquitous Login With Facebook feature that is available on most apps and websites.

Tech Crunch reports that Facebook confirms that the company is "investigating a security research report that shows Facebook user data can be grabbed by third-party JavaScript trackers embedded on websites using Login With Facebook".

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