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2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
The life hacker will help carry out a big spring cleanup on their social networks and other services.
Recently, The New York Times conducted a major investigation into how Uber collects information about competitors. Among other things, journalists learned that Uber employees bought user information from the free service Unroll.me.
Unroll.me is a service that allows you to automatically get rid of unnecessary emails and spam in your Gmail mail account. It works completely free of charge, but secretly collects information about users and transfers it to other companies. If it weren't for the meticulous journalists hunting for scandalous facts about Uber, this could go on and on.
We can safely assume that such a fact is not isolated. The web is full of free apps that ask you to log into Google, Facebook or Twitter in exchange for their services. How do they make money? What is their business model? Maybe they also trade your data, like Unroll.me?
Therefore, we recommend that you conduct an urgent audit of your accounts and remove all applications that you are not sure are safe.
So, let's begin.
You need a section called “Apps linked to your account”, which is located at “My Account” → “Security and Login” → “Linked Apps and Websites”. Click on the name of the application, and then on the "Remove" button.
Go to the settings page, which lists all the applications you have authorized, under Settings → Applications → Show All. Hover over the application you want to uninstall and click on the X. Since this is Facebook, you will have to confirm your choice each time.
Microsoft
Go to the Apps page at Account → Privacy → Apps & Services. Click on the "Change" button next to the name of the application you want to remove, and then - "Remove these permissions."
To go to the desired page, click on your avatar, then select "Settings and Security" → "Applications" from the menu. Near each item in the list there is a "Close Access" button, which we need.
This service also has a page for managing connected applications. It is located here. Click on the "Revoke Access" button in any application that you want to remove.
Dropbox
We usually connect to the Dropbox service those programs that use this cloud to store their data. If you find obsolete or unused elements in the list, you should delete them. You can do this at this address.
In contact with
Authorization with the help of the VKontakte social network is also quite common, especially in the Russian-speaking part of the Network. To access the desired page, click on the triangle next to your avatar, select "Settings" from the menu. Then click on the Application Settings link in the right pane. To delete, click on the crosses next to the names of the programs. Please note that until you reload the page, there is an opportunity to change your mind.
If you are an active Internet user, then at the addresses listed above you will find dozens, maybe hundreds of programs that you no longer need. Spend a few hours deleting them to ensure that your data is safe.
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