As Facebook faces scrutiny over its data stewardship practices, they have made efforts to reduce third party access.
Data about Facebook users has been spread far beyond the bounds of what Facebook can control today.
Not enough care is being put into the security side of big data.
The company said it will notify users if they find evidence that the data was misused.
Facebooks policies prohibit storing Facebook information in a public database, a spokeswoman said in a statement.
Once alerted to the issue, we worked with Amazon to take down the databases.
We are committed to working with the developers on our platform to protect peoples data.
Representatives for Amazon have yet to comment on the matter.
Later, Facebook had stated that it would stop asking for users email passwords as a form of verification.
source: www.techworm.net
