Just removed the Twitter app... Sorry Twitter but no thank you.
“We are only collecting the list of applications you have installed.”
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#22"You can opt out any time...three stages deep in the settings." What a cop out.
That's provided because 99% will never even know it's there. It doesn't matter if it's technically an option.
When your product is used by millions of people and updates automatically, the defaults matter.
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#23Notice how they casually slip in "..and occasionally updating". This means that Twitter now has a nice list of all apps on your Mobile via the malicious Twitter app that snoops on your phone. They get to then sell this info to advertisers so that they can tailor their "tweets" to you. And Twitter is a relatively good citizen as far as apps go. Just imagine what other apps who don't care where their next buck comes fr…
The worse problem is that even if you do research on the developers and owners of an app before allowing a permission that warrants a lot of trust, they can at any time be sold to a scummy company or data-mining agency who exploits the trusting user-base. This is exactly what happened to SourceForge.
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#24> > What is Twitter using my app graph for?
> Twitter is using your app graph to help build a more tailored experience for you on Twitter.
No thanks.
> Some examples of how we may use your graph data include:
> - Improved “who to follow” suggestions that share similar interests
No.
> - Adding Tweets, accounts, or other content to your timeline that we think you'll find especially interesting
Good lord, no.
> - Showing you more relevant promoted content.
Please, no.
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#25Apple should ban the app for this, right? http://danielamitay.com/blog/2015/5/29/shutting-down-a-500mm...
Unlikely considering they work closely with Apple on integration with Twitter. Double standard sure but I doubt Apple cares.
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#26I do not trust Twitter to do the right thing with the special level of trust Apple has granted them.
I agree. And I should have the option to refuse by removing app permissions.
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#27> > What is Twitter using my app graph for? > Twitter is using your app graph to help build a more tailored experience for you on Twitter. No thanks. > Some examples of how we may use your graph data include: > - Improved “who to follow” suggestions that share similar interests No. > - Adding Tweets, accounts, or other content to your timeline that we think you'll find especially interesting Good lord, no. > - Showin…
Amazing they're doing all this trying to make their service "better," yet they continuously show me a feed of content I resent.
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#28I removed Twitter and Facebook from my phone because I found them too distracting. Not having them snoop on what else is on my phone is just a bonus.
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#29Apple should ban the app for this, right? http://danielamitay.com/blog/2015/5/29/shutting-down-a-500mm...
They are "too big to ban".
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#30Apple should ban the app for this, right? http://danielamitay.com/blog/2015/5/29/shutting-down-a-500mm...
If Apple applied their rules evenly across publishers, they would.