Facebook has introduce a new section to the privacy settings:
What your friends can share about you through applications and websites
When your friend visits a Facebook-enhanced application or website, they may want to share certain information to make the experience more social. For example, a greeting card application may use your birthday information to prompt your friend to send a card.
If your friend uses an application that you do not use, you can control what types of information the application can access. Please note that applications will always be able to access your publicly available information (Name, Profile Picture, Gender, Current City, Networks, Friend List, and Pages) and information that is visible to Everyone.
It is worrying how much information Facebook makes freely available to 3rd parties. Social networking is still new and few people truly understand the implications of having their information freely available.
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Facebook doesn't protect privacy