I've run into the Washington Post link a few times on something shared by a friend that I thought I wanted to read. Once I hit the social reader page, I've bailed ... every time.
Another deceptive tactic? Apparently my account has "low security". So I go in and see what my settings are adjusted to. Everything how I like it (private). But the "low security" warning sits there, in perpetuity, until I give Facebook my phone number, apparently.
That may not be the stated purpose, but i am 100% certain they use it for profiling purposes aswell.
How long before every facebook user has a device that can do RFC 4226? I hope soon, but kind of doubt it'll happen this decade.
At least as far as users are concerned, right? I mean, it's not not being used to fill out your profile on the backend, either.
But I really believe they just want my phone number. Why do they tell me the security is "low"? Why not "medium"? What if I don't have a cell phone? Without giving them a number, I guess I live on a low security site? It's FUD, just like those popups telling me my security settings on my PC are "low", or that I have a "virus".
...which is a problem.
I verified with two other friends--I saw both of them in the "so and so uses the app" section and neither of them had ever added the app (only "cancelled").
It annoys me though that my likeness has been used in an attempt to get "my friends" to also type in their credentials.
This is a behavior we all are used to. Why make something simple more complicated for your users???
For me i just highlight the title of article and go thru google to read it.