SAN FRANCISCO—When Mark Zuckerberg introduced an online tool called Facebook Connect in 2008, he hailed it as a kind of digital passport to the rest of the internet. On Friday, the company said the account entry keys of at least 50 million Facebook users had been stolen in the largest hack in the company’s 14-year history. Tinder, as well as other Match Group apps, rely on Facebook Connect as a method of logging in. It was unclear whether these accounts used Facebook to connect to outside apps. Since then, fewer than 25 per cent of new users sign up for Tinder using Facebook Connect.

Source: thestar October 03, 2018 19:30 UTC