{"id":24315,"date":"2015-12-02T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/2015\/12\/02\/facebook-quizzes-more-intrusive-than-you-might-think\/"},"modified":"2015-12-02T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T16:00:00","slug":"facebook-quizzes-more-intrusive-than-you-might-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/facebook-quizzes-more-intrusive-than-you-might-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Quizzes \u2013 More Intrusive Than You Might Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5023\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Facebook_Quizzes_____More_108894_201890.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook_Quizzes_____More_108894_201890\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>If you have more than two or three Facebook friends, odds are good that at some point, you\u2019ve gotten someone\u2019s quiz results on your wall. One of your friends took a quiz and found out which Lord of the Rings character they were most like, or what words they tend to use most often in conversation, or any number of other things.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the quizzes are actually marginally entertaining, but how much are you willing to pay for that few minutes of entertainment?<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t actually stopped to read the privacy policy and details on information collected by the company offering these quizzes and simple games, you really should. You\u2019ll be shocked at what you discover.<\/p>\n<p>Before you can take the quiz in question, the app that drives it will ask if it can connect to your Facebook account. Occasionally you\u2019ll be able to pick and choose what specific data the app can have access to, but most of the time, you won\u2019t have that option, and the app will quietly gather your birthday, home town, likes, photos, complete friends list, and more.<\/p>\n<p>If you think that sounds pretty intrusive for a simple quiz, and you\u2019re suddenly wondering what the owners of the app might do with all that information, you\u2019re not alone, and are right to be concerned. While most of these companies \u201cpromise\u201d they won\u2019t sell your data, they also have built into their terms of service that they have the right to keep it forever, even if you deactivate your Facebook account. It\u2019s not an unfair question to ask what they plan to do with all that data on you, if not eventually sell it to someone else. Otherwise, there wouldn\u2019t be much point in collecting it to begin with, right?<\/p>\n<p>All that to say, be very careful about taking Facebook quizzes. Yes, they\u2019re sometimes cute and humorous, but how much information are you willing to give up to find out what color you\u2019re most closely associated with, or whether you\u2019re more like Gandalf or Frodo? Information is currency. Guard yours carefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have more than two or three Facebook friends, odds are good that at some point, you\u2019ve gotten someone\u2019s quiz results on your wall. 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