Hundreds of thousands of third party applications leaked user account access tokens to advertisers and others during the past several years, according to Symantec. In April alone, when the flaw was found, about 100,000 applications were enabling the leakage, according to the company.
So parents of those 7.5 million kids who use Facebook even though they're below the mimimum age requirement must feel pretty good about that.
Oh! And teen drinking and social networking are connected. Science says so!
In other tech-companies-sloppy-with-your-personal-info news, Apple is telling Congress that the iPhone's logging of nearby Wi-Fi hot spots and cell towers is meant to improve service, not stalk customers.
And hey! Police say an iPhone left in a stolen truck is how officers were able to capture a burglar suspected of multiple auto break-ins.
Meanwhile, Google (also scheduled to may excuses to Congress) announced a bunch of new stuff yesterday, including an upload-your-own-tunes streaming service available by invitation only for U.S. listeners.
As for Android's next move? Unify phone and tablet OS.
In a match made in some leather-clad sheep-motorcycle riding heaven, Lady Gaga and FarmVille are joining forces.
Here's five ways the $8.5 billion Skype deal benefits Microsoft, in case you were wondering.
And if Van Gogh was more into to pork products and less into cutting off body parts to mail to prostitutes, his famous Starry Night might've looked something like this.
