Facebook-connected apps are usually disregarded by users.
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They either have no idea that applications are connected to their FB accounts or they just don't know how to manage them.
As experts share their concerns regarding these Facebook-connected applications, users need to know how to manage them sooner or later.
Now, here's why applications that have access to your Facebook account are alarming.
Facebook-Connected Apps Concerns Experts
According to The Sun's latest report, Facebook-connected apps can access users' personal information, even those that are too sensitive.
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If you are not aware that your FB account has these applications, then your privacy may be put at great risk.
Facebook-connected apps can be in three states. The info they can acquire depends on their real-time statuses:
- Active: These apps are the ones you used during the last 90 days. They can still access your sensitive details on Facebook.
- Expired: Apps that are no longer used in the past 90 days can't access your private information. However, they can still collected data that are public.
- Removed: These applications are those that have been removed from your Facebook. Although they can no longer acquire any user information, the data they previously collected may still be stored.
Managing Facebook-Connected Apps
If you want to manage these risky Facebook-connected apps, then the first thing you need to do is check if you really have them.
Slash Gear provided the steps you can follow to identify if you have Facebook-connected applications:
- First, go to your Facebook profile and click "Settings and Privacy." Then, choose the Settings option.
- After that, click the "Security and Login" button and choose the "Apps and Websites" option.
Now that you know if your Facebook account is linked to some applications, you need to start editing their permissions:
- First, click the "Apps and Websites" page and choose the "View and Edit" button.
- You can change the Active statuses to "Remove," allowing you to prevent these apps from accessing your information.
If you want to learn more details on how to manage your Facebook-connected apps, you can visit this link.
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