In Vietnam, tens of millions of Facebook users' data is leaked and sold publicly on the Internet

Since a few years, the data of millions of Facebook users in Vietnam include phone numbers, emails or locations, places of residence, interests, interests ... widely available online. quite popular.

Since a few years, the data of millions of Facebook users in Vietnam include phone numbers, emails or locations, places of residence, interests, interests . widely available online. quite popular.

Data from Facebook users has long been no longer secure. Just spend a few hundred thousand to a few million, you can buy the application to scan Facebook User ID (UID) and then get the relevant information and optionally use them.

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UID is as important as our identity card, it is unique and is granted by Facebook to users to accurately identify that person. From UID, scanning tools allow access to data warehouses to retrieve and export Excel files with information such as name, phone number, date of birth, gender, residence or public list of friends. there.

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Not only have UIDs, group identification numbers, fanpages or articles including Group ID, Fanpage ID or Post ID also be scanned to filter out the details of group members, likes' data "That fanpage or" like "certain posts .

After Facebook does not allow ads to run directly with the UID, advertisers can still reach the audience they want through the application to convert UID to phone number or email.

Loopholes in Facebook's privacy policy, privacy and user habits have helped these tools get information. Most people do not read carefully and granted access to contacts, friends information, addresses . for applications on Facebook when requested. Once you have the right to access the above information, the creators of the above applications can optionally retrieve any user data.

See more:

  1. To know what Facebook is holding unexpected information about you, visit here
  2. How to block your friends' Facebook apps from crawling
  3. 10 things should not be shared on Facebook
Update 24 May 2019
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