Summary
In this chapter, the key words were security, permissions, and authentication. We learned about:
- How Facebook restricts us from accessing information we're not supposed to
- How users determine which information other users (and apps) can see
- How apps can request permission to see more information from users
- How users and apps work together to authenticate with Facebook
Key takeaways
- The Graph API will only give certain details about a person if you try to access a Graph Object without proof of authentication.
- An access token is proof of authorization, and is associated with both a user and an application.
- Users have two credentials: e-mail address and password.
- Applications have three credentials: application ID (which is like a username), application ...
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