Friday, April 24, 2015

Facebook Permissions Changes End Feep

The Feep app is no more and has not been in the Android Market for a long time.  This type of app became impossible after bad folks started exploiting Facebook Permissions, such as with the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

From the beginning Feep was meant to offer a better way to view your Facebook posts and interact with your friends on your Android phone, providing an alternative to the Facebook mobile app and widgets. Feep never spammed anyone or used data in a bad way like the exploitive apps that caused Facebook to shutdown access needed for Feep to work.  Facebook was naive about how their platform could be exploited by opening up permissions, but I believe the company was trying to allow for innovation with apps like Feep.

Unfortunately, because Facebook got burned so badly by these exploits they completely reversed course and heavily locked down the platform.  I hope that someday Facebook will create a trusted partner program, allowing apps like Feep to be verified as trusted and access the same information as the official Facebook client.  If that happens I will polish up and reintroduce Feep to the market!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Feep for Android

Absolutely the best way to get Facebook updates on your Android phone!  Have your most recent Facebook posts updated automatically on your phone's home screen in one concise view. Get the best Android widget for Facebook for your phone!  It's FREE!

Customize the look of your widget with 18 widget skins and 3 icon sets
- Quickly see which posts are new, or have new comments, with post shading
- Browse and comment on photos with a slick photo viewer

Other Rojects

Roger + Project = Roject (my wife's equation)