Is Facebook quizzes safe ???
Are you the guy who is fond of taking Facebook surverys/quizzes ??? who always like to create avtars, know ur love percentage, and many others ???
Have you ever thought if the quizzes that are hosted on Fb are safe? are they stealing any of our information?
If not then you must think before doing it for the next time after reading this article as your provacy is at risk when you take some quizzes.
Here we go into the main theme of the article.
More than 17 million people have taken a quiz on facebook that displays their most-often used words in a sweet word cloud.
Which includes, “who are the hottest friends around you?” and “”what do people talk behind you?’, “what are your most used words on facebook?” is one of hundreds of quizzes, created by a South Korean company, that require facebook users to login, however online security experts are now calling this practice a privacy nightmare.
A blog post on security website comparitech zeros in on the word’s quiz because it asks for access to different aspects of a user’s profile, including what’s listed on public profiles and friends lists.
The app also scrapes data from a user’s FB timeline to create the final word cloud.
The problem is that the quiz’s store the data for an unlimited amount of time on servers throughout the world and with third parties.These are
However, the curators of the quiz says, “These are some false rumours. We dont really get any meaningful information when people use our apps and when they share it on their walls, it really doesn’t have much information about them”.
So, friends its our suggestion for you to think before taking any surveys.
So, friends its our suggestion for you to think before taking any surveys.
Have a great secured day ahead 

Reference: TOI
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