Security matters. We constantly hear stories about someone’s Facebook account getting hacked or a Gmail password being stolen. It’s an unfortunate reality of living online. But I recently stumbled across something incredibly useful for locking down your accounts: MyPermissions.
At first glance, MyPermissions doesn’t look like much—it’s essentially just a page with eight links. But that’s exactly why it’s great. They don’t ask for your passwords, you don’t need to create a username, and there’s absolutely no sign-up process.
All you have to do is head over to their site:
MyPermissions.org
When you get there, you’ll see a clean interface that looks like this:
The next steps couldn’t be simpler:
- Just click on the icon for the social network you want to check. It’ll take you straight to the permissions page where you can see exactly which third-party apps have access to your profile data.
- From there, just revoke access for any apps you no longer use or that look suspicious.
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