API minimisation in the news

  "Facebook said that company's apps would have access only to the
   information that they needed to operate. In fact, the apps could
   access nearly all of users' personal data---data the apps didn't
   need, said the FTC."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/29/facebook-ftc-privacy-settlement

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