研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：周期跟蹤APP與Facebook共享敏感數(shù)據(jù)

研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：周期跟蹤APP與Facebook共享敏感數(shù)據(jù)

Period-tracking apps used by millions of women are sharing information about their sex lives and health with Facebook, a new study revealed.

一項新的研究顯示，數(shù)百萬女性使用的周期跟蹤應用程序正在與Facebook分享她們的性生活和健康信息。

Researchers with the advocacy group Privacy International published a report Monday that found two period-tracking apps, MIA Fem and Maya, sent data regarding users’ health to the social media giant.

周一，國際隱私組織(privacy international)的研究人員發(fā)表了一份報告，發(fā)現(xiàn)兩個周期跟蹤應用程序mia fem和maya向這家社交媒體巨頭發(fā)送了有關用戶健康狀況的數(shù)據(jù)。

“When Maya asks you to enter how you feel and offers suggestions of symptoms you might have — suggestions like blood pressure, swelling or acne — one would hope this data would be treated with extra care,” the study said. “But no, that information is shared with Facebook.”

研究說：“當Maya讓你輸入你的感受，并提供你可能有的癥狀的建議，比如血壓、腫脹或痤瘡，人們希望這些數(shù)據(jù)能得到額外的處理。”“但事實上，這些信息是與Facebook共享的。”

Both Maya and MIA Fem have sent information on users’ contraception, the timing of their periods, symptoms during cycles and even the last time they had sex, to Facebook through the social media giant’s Software Development Kit, which helps the site target ads, according to the study.

研究顯示，Maya和 MIA Fem 都通過社交媒體巨頭的軟件開發(fā)工具包(software development kit)向Facebook發(fā)送了用戶避孕、月經時間、周期癥狀甚至上一次做愛的信息，該工具包有助于該網站瞄準廣告。

But Maya’s parent company, Plackal Tech, has denied that any personally identifiable or medical data gets funneled to Facebook.

但Maya的母公司Plackal Tech否認有任何個人身份或醫(yī)療數(shù)據(jù)被導入Facebook。

MIA Fem — which has more than 1 million users — didn’t immediately respond to request for comment.

擁有超過100萬用戶的MIA Fem 沒有立即回復置評。

In response to the study’s findings, Facebook said that it prohibits app developers from sharing customer data about health, finances or “other categories of sensitive information.”

作為對該研究結果的回應，F(xiàn)acebook表示，它禁止應用程序開發(fā)商分享有關健康、財務或“其他類別的敏感信息”的客戶數(shù)據(jù)。