Even with the best privacy management systems, it's easy to forget what apps have access to your account information. Now, there's a site devoted to making it easier to check in on them. At mypermissions.org, you can find direct links to the permission pages of eight major social networking and sharing sites, including Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter. Creator Avi Charkham, who also runs family album site MyFamilio, hopes that the site will "help people start 2012 with clean privacy permissions."
Fittingly, you don't have to grant access to any of your services to use it — it's just a series of handy links to some of the most commonly-used social sites. There's a monthly reminder to check the page, courtesy of the If This Then That automation service, but the site's primary purpose is as an aggregator, and a way to make sure you're staying on top of who can see the information you're sharing online.

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Might use this. I’ve had Facebook for over 2 years now, and I wouldn’t be surprised if I have allowed over 1000 apps
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 12:56 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Had a laugh looking at all the comments on the page by scared people thinking that the site somehow had access to all their accounts. It also lets me know that they don’t sign out of anything – that seems scarier.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 1:29 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
I have you ask you, do you log out of everything? And why?
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 3:15 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
That knowledge is hardly valuable if you forget to think about logging out of the main account you use, your user account on your computer.
I leave my browser logged in to all sorts of services, but if I’m going somewhere you better believe I’m putting my computer into Sleep mode first, and then it requires a password.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:16 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Windows key + L = Lock computer
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 1:41 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Soooo all this is, is a site that links to the page to change permissions on social networking sites. Not sure we needed a full story on a bunch of links on one page, but maybe someone will find this helpful.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 2:12 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I think it would make a convenient bookmark. At least it’s not being monetized in your face…yet. I don’t need it, but like you said, hope somebody finds it helpful. :)
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 4:27 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
I dunno, the more and more I think about it, these privacy debates are getting out of hand.
If you give your phone number, to a catalog, no one in their right mind, would say: Your number is available – at all times!
Which is really, the wording of facebook atm. If only they were able to change their wording, but I suppose it is up to someone else, since they seem extremely tied up.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 3:18 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
handy little site. helped me clean up some stuff for sure.
as little as i do use facebook(mainly for contests etc), it sure was a pain in the ass to remove 30+ apps that i’ve allowed over time.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 8:14 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Very useful guys, thanks!
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 9:51 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I’m so impressed with the verge! The occasional tech tips are genuine and really helpful. Thank god the verge is nothing like Lifehacker.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 12:01 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Apart from Google there, I don’t use any of those websites.
I am actually really proud of this.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 12:38 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Oh Linkedin you useless network you. Also thanks for the tip!
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 1:56 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
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