Facebook will pay you to report apps that misuse data

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fb_bigbounty.jpgStill reeling from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has announced a new category in its "bug bounty" program that targets "data misuse" in third-party Facebook apps. “Facebook's bug bounty program will expand so that people can also report to us if they find misuses of data by app developers,” the company wrote in a Monday blog post.So Facebook will pay you to report apps that misuse data.Until now, Facebook's six-year-old bug bounty scheme has focused on rewarding those who find technical security vulnerabilities.
Facebook have made some of the following changes and increase its Bug bounty Program
1.Pause app review: Facebook has paused all app reviews as of last week as it investigates apps that gained access to large amounts of user information before the launch of its app review process in 2014.
2.Access to user friends requires Login Review: We are treating user_friends as an extended permission that requires Login Review.

Facebook said in post that, in the upcoming days and beyond, we will:

  • Conduct an in-depth review of our platform: We will investigate all apps that had access to large amounts of information before we changed our platform in 2014 to reduce data access, and we are conducting a full audit of any app with suspicious activity.
  • Inform people if an app is removed for data misuse: If we find developers that misused personally identifiable information, we will ban them from our platform. Moving forward, if we remove an app for misusing data, we will notify everyone who used it.
  • Encourage people to manage the apps they use: We already show people what apps their accounts are connected to and control what data they’ve permitted those apps to use. In the coming month, we’re going to make these choices more prominent and easier to manage.
  • Require heightened terms for business-to-business applications: All developers that build applications for other businesses will need to comply with rigorous policies and terms, which we will share in the coming weeks.
  • Reward people who find vulnerabilities: Facebook’s bug bounty program will expand so that people can also report to us if they find misuses of data by app developers. We are beginning work on this and will have more details as we finalize the program updates in the coming weeks.

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