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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.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday November 27 2014, @07:13AM
C'mon, frojack, I said "who I am calling", not "that I am calling". The need for my contact list, to measure what is going on with the accelerometer? It could be bad design, but we should never attribute to incompetence what is obviously by design and just frigging evil. This is the little know, but much more useful, Reverse Hanlon's Razor.