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OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/24891/Facebook_Bans_KDE_Application_Deletes_User_Photos Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:40:15 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Oops or Security http://www.osnews.com/thread?478874 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478874 They will come back with an oops statement or a security statement.

Either one will generate negative buzz and a few more people will sign up for facebook. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (systyrant) Comments Facebook isn't really to blame here... http://www.osnews.com/thread?478876 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478876 Apparently, Facebook banned this KIPI plugin because KDE distributes the Facebook API key together with it's source code... That violates the Facebook policy because others could use that key and pretend to be the KIPI plugin.

This must be a very common issue with open source applications and API keys... I don't really see a solution for this, except having every user (or maybe every Linux distribution) apply for its own API key. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Skender) Comments RE: Facebook isn't really to blame here... http://www.osnews.com/thread?478880 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478880

I don't really see a solution for this, except having every user (or maybe every Linux distribution) apply for its own API key.

The distros would still need to supply the source code they used to compile the app, so it wouldn't change the issue.

The only solution would be to give a key to every user, and for the app to accept the key from a configuration file.

But that's not going to happen -- I can't see Facebook giving an API key to every user. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (spudley99) Comments Funny first thought http://www.osnews.com/thread?478884 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478884 If we are to believe the film 'Social Network,' where a young Mark Zuckerburg runs KDE 2.x from his dorm and later 3.x towards the end of the film, he might have found his own photos deleted. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (joekiser) Comments RE: Funny first thought http://www.osnews.com/thread?478886 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478886 Actually KDE4 is "too modern" to be "supported" by Facebook then

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ebasconp) Comments Move on... http://www.osnews.com/thread?478892 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478892 Just move on...! There are millions of users that have left Facebook for various reasons... KDE can live without Facebook too. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (TusharG) Comments What about Shotwell? http://www.osnews.com/thread?478895 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478895 I have to wonder how Shotwell Connect will be affected by this. So far, they've managed to stay active on Facebook and my photos haven't disappeared either, but it's probably too soon to tell. I imagine that the kipi-plugins developers would be able to do what the Shotwell Connect developers have done in order to comply with Facebook's policies if in fact it's an issue with how kipi-plugins is implemented there.Edited 2011-06-28 14:55 UTC Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (QuadSix50) Comments Facebook http://www.osnews.com/thread?478900 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478900 who uses facebook anyway. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (hussam) Comments Facebook is a Class O Star http://www.osnews.com/thread?478902 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478902 As in one of those stars that burns really hot and bright for a short period of time, and then implodes on itself and produces a spectacular supernova as it destroys itself. Kind of like what MySpace did.

If media reports are to be believed, FaceBook has lost a couple of million users in just the last month or so and has stopped growing as well--possibly because of privacy concerns, and heavy handed stunts like this one. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (pantheraleo) Comments ... http://www.osnews.com/thread?478903 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478903 Are you ignorants really blaming Facebook for this? Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hiev) Comments RE: ... http://www.osnews.com/thread?478912 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478912 Please enlighten us, o wise one, as how it isn't and how it is ok for them to delete pictures users have already uploaded.Edited 2011-06-28 16:27 UTC Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments RE: What about Shotwell? http://www.osnews.com/thread?478915 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478915 Only time will tell. I have many photos that I have uploaded with shotwell connect. It works great and I would hate to see it banned from facebook. I mostly use facebook so family will stop nagging me to email photos of my kids.

I suppose us GNOME users operate more under the radar. Maybe less of a 'hacker' (and I say that lightly) reputation than those KDE hoodlums? (Seriously, that's a joke; put your lighters away) Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kenji) Comments RE: ... http://www.osnews.com/thread?478917 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478917

Are you ignorants really blaming Facebook for this?

Are you blaming the kipi project? Who is to blame exactly?

'Terms of Use' can only gain so much grace and good will from users before they get pissed off from being trod upon. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kenji) Comments They missed me http://www.osnews.com/thread?478926 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478926 Facebook so far missed the one pic I uploaded with kipi. Therefore FB sucks

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (roentgen) Comments RE[2]: ... http://www.osnews.com/thread?478938 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478938

'Terms of Use' can only gain so much grace and good will from users before they get pissed off from being trod upon.

If it is an API key problem ... google, twitter etc would do the same with any app that doesn't adhere to their terms of service.Edited 2011-06-28 18:15 UTC Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lucas_maximus) Comments RE[3]: ... http://www.osnews.com/thread?478953 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478953

If it is an API key problem ... google, twitter etc would do the same with any app that doesn't adhere to their terms of service.

Yes they would but my point is that the user is who gets screwed here and they did nothing substantively wrong (other than trust that the software is in compliance with any rules that apply).

The user has a right to be upset, especially when given no warning before having content deleted. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kenji) Comments RE[4]: ... http://www.osnews.com/thread?478975 http://www.osnews.com/thread?478975 Yes the user has a right to be upset ... however it isn't with facebook ... it is with the app publisher.

Though actually deleting photos already uploaded is a bit OTTEdited 2011-06-28 21:48 UTC Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lucas_maximus) Comments Issue Resolved http://www.osnews.com/thread?479061 http://www.osnews.com/thread?479061 Looks as though Facebook has restored access to kipi-plugins and returned everyone's pictures.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/facebook-restores-access...

From what I read, it looks as though the banbot was another cause of the problem. It got happy with the banhammer on a lot of apps including kipi-plugins in an effort to prevent spam that had been on the rise. Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (QuadSix50) Comments