Facebook is asking for user's email passwords and facebook says it will stop the practice.

Facebook is asking for user's email passwords, creating new accounts. This is far too much than being sketchy. 
Just as facebook admitting that it stored hundreds of millions of facebook users’ own passwords insecurely, facebook is demanding some users fork over the password for their outside email account as the price of being a part of the social network.

Facebook users are being interrupted by an interstitial demanding they provide the password for the email account they gave to Facebook when signing up. “To continue using Facebook, you’ll need to confirm your email,” the message demands. “Since you signed up with [email address], you can do that automatically …”

A form below the message asked for the users’ “email password.”

In a statement emailed to The Daily Beast after this story published, Facebook reiterated its claim it doesn’t store the email passwords. But the company also announced it will end the practice altogether.
“We understand the password verification option isn’t the best way to go about this, so we are going to stop offering it,” Facebook wrote.

 

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Project Atlas Aka Facebook Research Revocation By Apple Brings Hardships to Facebook

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Fallback effects of yesterdays  "Project Atlas" by facebook seem to affect company's internal operations.
Facebook’s vice president of product engineering and security Pedro Canahuati issued an internal memo on Wednesday instructing employees to download public versions of the Menlo Park social networking giant’s iOS apps, following Apple’s decision to rescind Facebook’s enterprise developer program certificate.
According to a January 30th, 2019 Business Insider report, Facebook is aware of a “known issue with our internal, employee only, iOS apps. Apple has revoked our enterprise certificates, which means our internal, employee only iOS apps may not work,” reads an excerpt from Canahuati’s memo, obtained by Business Insider.
Not only does the Apple block affect internal versions of apps like Instagram, Facebook Messenger and the Facebook iOS app, Cupertino’s developer certificate revocation has also affected internal apps like ‘Mobile Home’ and ‘Ride.’ According to Business Insider, Mobile Home “provides employee information,” while Ride “deals with public transportation.” Canahuati’s memo also stated that Facebook is “working closely with Apple to reinstate our most critical internal apps immediately.” In the meantime, Business Insider reported that work inside Facebook has ground to a halt and employees are “pissed,” according to internal Facebook sources who spoke with the publication.
Source: Business Insider No link since the article is behind a pay wall.

Facebook's “Project Atlas” Wraps It's Cloaked Hand Around User Data Via Facebook Reserch App.

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Despite the face facebook has been showing to the public and the governments around the world, it's nefarious deeds are surfacing, one after the other. The latest is a result of a TechCrunch investigation.
The latest event, facebook cloaked it's role by hiring beta testing services Applause, BetaBound and uTest and an app called “Facebook Research”. It is basically a VPN, that allowed Facebook to suck all the user data, unknowingly to the users phone and web activity.
This app is similar to Facebook’s Onavo Protect app that Apple banned in June and that was removed in August. Facebook sidesteps the App Store and rewards teenagers and adults to download the Research app and give it root access to network traffic in what may be a violation of Apple policy so the social network can decrypt and analyze their phone activity, a TechCrunch investigation confirms.

Facebook admitted to TechCrunch it was running the Research program to gather data on usage habits. Facebook has been paying users ages 13 to 35 up to $20 per month plus referral fees to sell their privacy by installing the iOS or Android “Facebook Research” app, all under a project called Project Atlas, fitting name for ruling the globe. Apple promptly banned the app from App store after the Techcrunch report.