# Take This Lollipop (Facebook Connect) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-lollipop-facebook-connect/600251 "2011-10-20T14:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-lollipop-facebook-connect/600251/1 "2011-10-20T14:37:46Z")
If you want some creepy fun, you can visit [TakeThisLolipop.com](http://www.takethislollipop.com/) and log in via Facebook Connect. The site uses your log-in to inject your actual Facebook account information into a creepy video. They promise that they won’t store or share any of your info. Here’s a blog post with more detailed info: [Take This Lollipop and the Importance of Facebook Privacy – Dennis Jenders](http://www.jenders.com/2011/10/18/take-this-lollipop-and-the-importance-of-facebook-privacy/) Here is someone’s [TakeThisLolipop.com](http://TakeThisLolipop.com)’s video: [Take This Lollipop with Audio (A Creepy Commentary on Facebook Privacy) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=w96xcOtniys) What do you think? Do you use Facebook Connect to log in to sites? I never do…I don’t trust the idea. If you’re not aware, Facebook Connect is a way to log in to sites using your Facebook login. Basically a plugin for site owners to use if they don’t want to program their own login scheme. I’ve never used it on any of the sites I’ve built nor have I used it to log in to a site so I’m not exactly sure what sort of info gets passed on to who. I would have assumed it was merely a Facebook-branded cookie that gets set in the browser but from what I see in the TakeThisLolipop stuff it seems that the site owner gets more info. Facebook isn’t the only one who does this. I know in the past few days alone I’ve seen “Connect” logins provided by Google, Twitter and AOL as well. Anyone take the lollipop? Were you scared?