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Answer» I was using StumbleUpon when I stumbled across a website called MyPermission.org
The title of the web page was enough to get me to have a closed look. “Take 2 Minutes to Clean Your Apps Permissions” which lists some popular applications and sites in which we may have granted permission to access our personal information. Google, Twitter, Facebook and more.
Any APPLICATION that has permission to access your personal information in your profile on different websites POTENTIALLY puts that information at risk on being stolen or “Phished.” Facebook for example could put your friends’ information at risk as well.
MyPermissions doesn’t ask for your personal information or login details. You simply fill out that information once you arrive at each of the services website. Then you can easily revoke access from the permissions page.
MyPermissions will ALSO let you sign up for a monthly email reminder to check your apps permissions helping you keep your private information your own. The email reminder will come at the first of every month.
Head over to MyPermission.org and TIGHTEN up your security. It’s quick, easy and you and your friends will be thankful.
BloggedThat's a big one. Not many people know how much information apps get on facebook when you use them (the answer: all of it).Quote from: Helpmeh on March 27, 2012, 07:29:29 PM That's a big one. Not many people know how much information apps get on facebook when you use them (the answer: all of it).
Well, not completely TRUE. The app gets what it asks for when the user is authenticating the app, which is, granted, usually all of their information. It's the user's fault for not reading what the app actually has access to before using it.A lot of apps ask users for all the information their friends share as well, which can only be avoided if you manually block the apps.
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