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by NickSharp 3010 days ago
This is interesting:

> We will reduce the data you give an app when you sign in -- to only your name, profile photo, and email address.

What about localization info such as language?

Are all apps switching to 100% US English? Are they supposed to guess a users language from their name and email?

My guess (and this is just a guess) is that the users preferred language is already considered “public” on the graph so perhaps apps don’t need special permission to access it.

If that’s the case, this statement is doing a bit of misdirection by calling out name and profile photo, instead of saying “we will only give your email address plus other information we deem public”