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Facebook's response (via pokesperson David Swain, FTA):

In this case, there was a bug that was showing applications on a user’s Application Settings page that the user hadn’t authorized. No information was shared with those applications and the user’s list of applications was not shown to anyone but the user. This bug has been fixed.

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That's nice.

However, the work required to stay on top of Facebook's never-ending privacy snafu has become far greater than the small aggregation/old friend contact benefit. I'm out.

Sounds to me like the bug was showing you the application on the list - not actually putting it there.

Yes - this still reveals that Facebook is tracking users' activity on third party sites without express permission.

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