A dating site called Lovely-Faces.com appears to have stolen or copied more than dozens of Facebook profiles without permission. The creators of the so-called “dating” Website scrapped info from publicly viewable Facebook profiles. In their defense, they claim that it was done in the name of art, but Facebook is still taking legal action against the site.
As of the current moment, Lovely-faces.com appears to be down without any explanation why. However, it is likely that the host shut the site down due to the legal action that Facebook has taken against the site for hosting the stolen data. Facebook is promising to keep taking legal recourse against the Website, and the duo behind it. No word on whether the site will shut down or if it will become an actual dating Website where members join in order to create profiles.
Perhaps the icing on the cake here is that Facebook may have to change its privacy settings. Because the site does allow users to have a public profiles by default, they may have to change that policy in order to protect Facebook from lawsuits that could be filed for not protecting the privacy of their users. Facebook has not stated that it change its policy, but if any lesson is learned here it is to tighten up your privacy settings on your profile before this happens again.
Via Gizmodo
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