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An event that trigged it for me: visiting break.com (after previously logging into facebook) resulted in a Break application being added without consent.


I just signed up to an eventbrite event and the eventbrite application is now installed, I declined the facebook connect notification


"Authorized" or just under "recently used"?

It is disconcerting that they show under recently used, but in no way is facebook adding "Authorized" apps at random to peoples profiles.


I can not duplicate.. I even "Liked" break and it doesn't show up for me.

These are under the "Authorized" applications or just "recently used" ?


"recently used" for me. I didn't take the time to check "authorized" before logging out.


I think that is the rub here.. Somehow they are showing as "recently used" which is completely different from "Authorized". The app does not get a session key from you and has no additional permissions or access to your account.

The friends thing mentioned in the article has always been that way. Every connect site is an app, go to an app you can see friends who have installed it, as it always has




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