Dating site creators Lovely faces admitted to using photos and personal data from the social network Facebook without user permission. The purpose of the creators of the site was to demonstrate how dangerous the free placement of personal data on the network can be. After all, all the information that appeared on the pages Lovely faces was freely available, which means it could be easily abused by attackers.
The creators of the site, the Italian artist Paolo Cirio and the Italian critic Alessandro Ludovico, claim that they have created a resource with the aim of studying the process of identity theft and personal identification, and as a result, with the aim of preventing them in the future.
Despite the explanations and assurances of the exceptionally good intentions of the creators of the resource, representatives Facebook immediately reacted to what happened and the experimental dating site will no longer be able to continue its activities. Users Facebook are in relative safety, but the most prudent still do not post too candid photos and personal data for free access.