14 DAY TRIAL // Facebook announced in an official release that beginning April 30 they would start the upgrading process to Graph API v2 for all Facebook apps.
The migration to this new version in order for people to have more power over what kind of personal information they share when accessing an application.
Facebook’s Login was created to make sure that apps only request permission to the exact data they need and not to other irrelevant details.
The results of the experiment conducted by the Facebook team show that after having been checked by the Login Review team, apps which use the Facebook Login will require 50 percent less access to users’ information.
Following this change many apps might have to shut down, but the good thing is that users will have more control over their private information.
The change had already been announced during the F8 conference, when Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, revealed to the public that the Facebook Login would allow users to choose what they should have access to.
Users can now feel safer when using an app
Before the change was implemented, people had no other choice but agree to whatever the app was requesting access to if they wanted to be able to use it.
Most of the times, the apps required access to the user's friends’ Facebook profiles and used their information to expand their user base.
While users will be entitled to opt out of some permissions that do not agree with, Facebook has taken the liberty to rule out some of them already, like access to your friends’ photos.
So, companies or developers who have not done it by now are strongly urged to upgrade to the new version and submit their apps for review. Otherwise, Facebook will forcefully carry on this task starting April 30.
This change is part of Mark Zuckerberg’s “People First,” whose aim is to make people feel more secure and more comfortable when using the platform.