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We all do it - sign into one Web site or application using our account from another. Facebook and Google are, I suppose, the main ones we tend to use, but there are a variety of others as well. For Web apps that you use constantly, there's no problem - you want or need whatever it is they do and don't mind that they need access to your account. But, you often sign up for a site or app, grant it permission to pull information from another account, use it a couple of times, and then decide it isn't something you want to use, and never use it again. If you've given that app permission to draw information another account, though, it doesn't necessarily stop because you aren't using it - you have to specifically revoke the authorization at the site.
This can be a real pain, mainly because most sites don't make it particularly easy to revoke access permission. Even though it often gets a bad rap for burying security and privacy options, Facebook actually makes it a little easier than Google, where you have to plow through an inordinate number of layers to find the spot to terminate permissions.
Enter My Permissions, a slick site that takes all the work out of seeing what other sites have permission to access the data on your accounts. It works with Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo!, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Instagram, and Flickr. Click on an icon, log-in to your account, and you're automatically taken to the correct page to check who has access to your account, and revoke the permissions if you want.
If you don't keep on top of this potential security problem, especially on Facebook, you'll probably be surprised to learn how many third-party sites and apps that you no longer use have access to your information. Use My Permissions and you can quickly get rid of the problem by revoking their access.
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