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Twitter to Collect List of Other Apps on Devices

posted by martyb on Thursday November 27 2014, @04:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the tweet-from-a-VM dept.

Horse With Stripes writes:

The Telegraph is reporting on a Twitter blog post announcing that the Twitter app for Android and iOS is going to keep track of the list of applications you have installed on your phone or tablet. While the Telegraph is claiming "Twitter to snoop on every app on your phone", Twitter says "We are not collecting any data within the applications."

"Twitter is using your app graph to help build a more tailored experience for you on Twitter." "To help build a more personal Twitter experience for you, we are collecting and occasionally updating the list of apps installed on your mobile device so we can deliver tailored content that you might be interested in."

This seems like the next step in companies prying their way into every personal detail of someone's life. Yes there's an 'opt-out', but shouldn't it really be an 'opt-in'? And would you really trust an app that wants to track this information to honor the 'opt-out'? IMHO the best way to ensure Twitter doesn't track your apps (or more) is to not have the app installed.

 
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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @05:32AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @05:32AM (#120508)

    I have news. Android may run the Linux kernel, but it doesn't use systemd. And if you have a sane custom ROM, you can make use of the disabled App Privacy feature that should have been introduced with KitKat or the XPrivacy extension in the XPosed Framework (which sadly doesn't work with Lollipop yet). But me, I'd just rather not do business with folks who would pull this kind of stunt.

    Which brings me to another point. Why would people go so far as to abandon Linux the kernel for BSD just because the major distros have plunged into systemd? If Debian has gotten tainted and enough people care the fork will really gain traction. Linux Mint was created because people disliked the direction Ubuntu was taking with their UI, and it appears to be doing well enough.

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday November 27 2014, @06:48AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday November 27 2014, @06:48AM (#120525) Journal

    Because Linux is kind of wild west and the other one mentioned just works? :p