Facebook lets your "friends" give away all your information to applications you don't even use

How comfortable are you giving your information on social networks? do you want spammers to spam your mailbox with irrelevant stuff? how much do you trust a social network?

Ask as many questions to yourself before you join any social network. You will find it hard to believe that Facebook lets your "friends" give away all your information to applications you don't even use and here is the proof

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