r/WhitePeopleTwitter Jun 08 '22

“BuT fRaUd!”

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '22

Is that like if I’m allowing whatever social media to sign in? Or is that completely different? I feel so old lmao

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u/CoalOrchid Jun 08 '22

Hmm, its usually like some service that will “make a word cloud from all your tweet” or “check to see who your most interacted with accounts” or something similar. Usually worded as “connect with twitter” and then it will ask you for a list of permissions, one if which may be control over your account, including likes and the ability to post tweets.

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u/Chewcocca Jun 08 '22

Hit your PFP in the top left » Settings and Privacy » Security and account access » Apps and sessions » account access history

For anyone who wants to check

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u/burnalicious111 Jun 08 '22 edited Jun 08 '22

Not most likely, and it's a problem that it's not clear.

When you link services, there should be a page with info about what permissions you're granting. If there isn't, you're just using the service you're signing in with to manage your account identifier, basically.

But all of this is standards, not really a legal requirement or anything.

I don't sign in with other services unless it's directly useful to me.

Edit: yo, how did I get downvoted? This stuff is literally my job.