Thursday, 1 August 2013

Rein in your application permissions

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/08/application-permissions/ / you’ve given lots of applications access services used more than one Twitter client Facebook app Instagram plug-in plug in enormous number attach themselves our accounts varying degrees permission good idea to go through periodically clean out Google Twitter Facebook Dropbox lots of other services support OAuth enables third party third-party apps use account APIs application program interface account login information seems harmless offer malicious application individual access to your account no longer using these services using them rarely reason allow app continue to have access links clear off the cruft Google Facebook Twitter Instagram Dropbox Gravitar Plaxo Cliqset zap anything haven’t used more than a month have access revokeds grant service access again later afer authorized connection list of authorized services within mobile applications Twitter app settings smart mobile cell feature phone check out third party third-party apps services you’ve authorized authorised Twitter share data with envision how many of those you can live without /

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