In 2014, a personality quiz on Facebook became an entry point to data belonging to tens of millions of people. About 270,000 users took the quiz, but Facebook's permission system at the time allowed the developer to collect information about many of their friends as well. Most of the affected people never took the test and did not know that their information had been transferred.
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In 2014, a personality quiz on Facebook became an entry point to data belonging to tens of millions of people. About 270,000 users took the quiz, but Facebook's permission system at the time allowed the developer to collect information about many of their friends as well. Most of the affected people never took the test and did not know that their information had been transferred.
In 2014, a personality quiz on Facebook became an entry point to data belonging to tens of millions of people. About 270,000 users took the quiz, but Facebook's permission system at the time allowed the developer to collect information about many of their friends as well. Most of the affected people never took the test and did not know that their information had been transferred.
In 2014, a personality quiz on Facebook became an entry point to data belonging to tens of millions of people. About 270,000 users took the quiz, but Facebook's permission system at the time allowed the developer to collect information about many of their friends as well. Most of the affected people never took the test and did not know that their information had been transferred.
In 2014, a personality quiz on Facebook became an entry point to data belonging to tens of millions of people. About 270,000 users took the quiz, but Facebook's permission system at the time allowed the developer to collect information about many of their friends as well. Most of the affected people never took the test and did not know that their information had been transferred.