You know those quizzes on Facebook... What your spirit animal is?, Who’s your very best friend?, etc.? Well they not only told users which Disney princess they were, but also exposed the private data of about 120 million people who took the test.
Nametests.com, the site behind the ubiquitous Facebook quizzes pulls your personal data and posts some of it in the site's code along with a token that could be used to gain access to all the data a person taking the quiz authorized when they downloaded the app.
With the quiz company Vonvon, you agree to let them access the following information when you take a quiz:
- Name, profile picture, age, sex, birthday, and other public info
- Entire friend list
- Everything you’ve ever posted on your timeline
- All of your photos and photos you’re tagged in
- Education history
- Hometown and current city
- Everything you’ve ever liked
- IP address
- Info about the device you’re using including browser and language
The app retains all your data, and its ability to be seen by others, even if the app is removed. To fully remove the information the test taker would have to delete the associated cookies.
(SC Media, June 29, 2018 / The Wonder of Tech, December 3, 2015)
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