Comments on: Mobile Facebook app security threat very real [UPDATED: Facebook Responds] http://www.slashgear.com/mobile-facebook-app-security-threat-very-real-05221742/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 15 May 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: cynyr http://www.slashgear.com/mobile-facebook-app-security-threat-very-real-05221742/#comment-200270 cynyr Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221742#comment-200270 Shouldn’t it work where an app asks facebook if facebook could send a message for the app. Then the facebook app can check and see if that app is allowed to send messages…. that way there is only one place the password is stored, and the only app that ever posts is facebook.

]]> By: Prevacator http://www.slashgear.com/mobile-facebook-app-security-threat-very-real-05221742/#comment-200243 Prevacator Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:43:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221742#comment-200243 From what I get from this, it doesn’t affect Windows Phone if you use the built-in People Hub?

Sweet.

]]> By: John Andrews http://www.slashgear.com/mobile-facebook-app-security-threat-very-real-05221742/#comment-200199 John Andrews Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221742#comment-200199 Crikey. Security on a desktop is important. Security on a phone (where most people stay logged in all the time because hey, I could never leave it on a counter or drop it out of my pocket or anything) is essential.

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