New York Times: Facebook sold data to Apple, the Amazon Samsung

According to the New York Times, the world's most popular social network has sold Apple, Samsung, Amazon of many other personal data companies to users.

Facebook again targeted in front of privacy violations. According to the New York Times, the social network has made arrangements with at least 60 producers of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, allowing them access to the personal data of thousands of users and “their enemies without their consent.

Among the groups with which the agreements were signed are Apple, Amazon, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung.

The Pact has allowed Facebook to greatly expand the range of action, allowing the producers of cheap mobile devices to offer customers some of the popular services that characterize the web colossus, such as in the feature. In exchange, Facebook has allowed groups like Apple and Samsung to have access to personal information of their own users and their <x0-> friends, even in cases where they were convinced they stopped any distribution of data.

Meanwhile, these controversy comes after the Facebook users' personal data abuse scandal from the company “Cambridge Analytica”, which is accused of affecting the American elections in 2016 and the Brex referendum. A few months ago, Facebook suffered major losses because of this scandal.