Can someone who knows more about Facebook apps and their API than I do tell me what a company would want with permission to "Access my data any time" and "Access my photos and videos"?
Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)
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#72Can someone who knows more about Facebook apps and their API than I do tell me what a company would want with permission to "Access my data any time" and "Access my photos and videos"?
Specifically regarding "Access my data any time" -- Facebook normally issues applications short-lived "access tokens" when someone uses Facebook Connect. The idea that that application can then access the data that you give it permission to during your session with that application.
The "Access my data any time" permission gives the application a long-lasting (nearly indefinite) "access token" that the application can store and user to interact with your Facebook account at a later time.
Re: Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)
#73If anything, Dropbox isn't thinking big enough. They really need to start thinking about how to provide a ubiquitous, multi-platform, private, cloud filesystem. Stop encouraging people to "back up" their files, and start using encouraging people to store the primary copy of all their files on Dropbox. On Windows, Dropbox shows up as "My Documents/My Dropbox". When really "My Documents" should be the dropbox.
This might help.
The Cleverest Ways to Use Dropbox That You're Not Using http://lifehacker.com/5527055/the-cleverest-ways-to-use-drop...
Make Dropbox Your Actual "My Documents" Folder
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#74I did all of them except the two Facebook ones. That was a bit too far for me.
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#75I did all of them except the two Facebook ones. That was a bit too far for me.
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#76I did all of them except the two Facebook ones. That was a bit too far for me.
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#77I did all of them except the two Facebook ones. That was a bit too far for me.
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#78I did all of them except the two Facebook ones. That was a bit too far for me.
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#79So what does "Connect your Twitter account to Dropbox" actually mean? They're asking for read/write permission, which makes me wonder if it's going to post every time I change a file or something. No thanks.
No matter how much I love the service, I hate it when a service wants access to "update your data".
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
so you're happy to share your personal files with dropbox, but not your twitter account? Odd priorities. Not saying they're wrong priorities, but just not what I'd expect.
It's a lot harder to automate abuse of a random person's semistructured data without metadata than it is to automate abuse of a random person's twitter account. Sure, it's also more lucrative, but I wouldn't worry about it for a couple more years.
It's also quite a lot easier to disallow them from using your twitter account.