FALSE ALARM: My Birthday Calendar Is No More Intrusive Than Most Other Facebook Apps
Warnings about a Facebook application called My Birthday Calendar have gone viral on the social network, but it turns out that the app is no more or less harmful than many other Facebook apps.
Warnings about a Facebook application called My Birthday Calendar have gone viral on the social network, but it turns out that the app is no more or less harmful than many other Facebook apps.
Sophos’ Naked Security blog reported that the warning being spread involves user information accessed by My Birthday Calendar, but the app is doing nothing different than other apps that access user data, and users must still grant permission.
The warning reads, according to Naked Security (unedited):
WARNING: URGENT! People are getting inquiries allegedly linked to a program called “my birthday calendar”.
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