Looking through 'My permissions' - a site which allows you to 'clean' all your apps' permissions on certain websites like Facebook, Yahoo and Twitter - I was shocked to see the amount of apps I had used in the past few months on Facebook which I had allowed to access my personal info. On Facebook, when you go onto an app you have not used before - take ' The Guardian', for example, it asks to be able to do some certain things, ie. view your personal information. Different apps ask for different things, but all apps ask to access basic information from your Facebook account. Recently in October, an awakening app was released on Facebook, and within a few days it had gone viral. It is called 'Take This Lollipop'. It, like all apps, asks to access your basic information, only for the purposes of the app. It is an interactive app which is a stark reminder of the dangers of letting your information out on the web for everyone to see.
Here is a video demonstrating the app. ( take note that when you use the app it uses your information, instead of the one on the example here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DYFPupvo1Q
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