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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) by Darth Turbogeek on Thursday November 27 2014, @06:26AM

    by Darth Turbogeek (1073) on Thursday November 27 2014, @06:26AM (#120521)

    That I utterly refuse to have a thing to do with Twitter. The faster that shitheap burns ddown, the better it is for humanity

  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday November 27 2014, @06:53AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday November 27 2014, @06:53AM (#120526) Journal

    Is there anything in particular that makes them a worse shitheap than the rest of corporations?

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @10:51AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @10:51AM (#120560)

      Yes.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @04:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @04:42PM (#120634)

      Depends on what you consider "the rest of corporations" I'd guess.

      Note that if "the rest of corporations" is taking literally, it also includes Soylent News.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @07:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @07:27AM (#120536)

    Cool story bro!