After the recent case involving Facebook and the use of data from more than 50 million of its users by a third party, many users have been concerned about how to take care of their privacy. That is why we elaborate this post in which we explain step by step, how to find out what type and amount of information we share in some of the most used social networks; both with companies and / or application developers, and with your contacts, review We live security.
Applications on Facebook developed by third parties
Let's start with Facebook, the social network that generated all this commotion in recent days and which we were already talking about in the post about the value of prsonal information and the responsibility of users.
Facebook allows other developers to use the social network to add additional functionality. To check if you are already using applications developed by third parties, you just have to go to the "Settings" option and then in the "Applications" option you will see the list of third party applications that have been accepted within your profile.
In the case of Instagram, you can enter the account from a browser and in the configuration section you will see the "authorized applications" with the detail of the permissions that you grant as a user to access certain personal information; and obviously, the possibility of revoking access to it.
With Twitter something very similar happens, since in the account configuration part it is possible to access the information of the applications that have access to your information.
It's not just about social networks
For all that has happened in recent days, the attention has fallen on social networks, especially Facebook. But we can not overlook that not only social networks there are third-party applications that seek to add functionality to our experience as users and may be getting data from us as users, for example: browsers.
Two of the most popular, such as Firefox and Chrome, allow you to download Extensions, which ask for permissions when installed. In the case of Firefox, before installing any of those extensions from the official Firefox Add-ons store, it allows you to see the permissions you request at the bottom of the page. Once installed, in the Add-on Manager option you can see all those that are active.