Last week, my wife asked me about one of my tweets.
This normally isn’t a big deal, since it’s certainly not the first time she’s asked me about one of my tweets. What made this situation unique, was the fact that I hadn’t actually penned the tweet myself.
I was happy to find it wasn’t SPAM. No one wants to “be that guy,” but I still wasn’t comfortable with tweets going out that were not actually mine.
Why did it happen?
I had given permission on my Twitter account to an online app a number of months ago. I promptly revoked the permission and went through and cleaned up my Twitter account permissions.
Now, what about Facebook, LinkedIn and others?
Here is a handy tool to help you determine what apps have permissions to access your private information:
MyPermissions
MyPermissions is easier than reading this post.
Seriously.
Go to MyPermissions, click on the icon and it takes you directly to your account page where you can clean up your permissions.
Eric J says
Thank you this was really helpful!
Eric Dye says
Sweet!