Here’s how to stop
Twitter from tracking your apps
Twitter has said that
it will soon collect and track the apps installed on your mobile device in
order to deliver tailored content that it feels you might be interested in.
Though the micro-blogging site states that it will not collect any app data,
many may be apprehensive about giving away more information about themselves to
Twitter than they intended to.
The latest update to
the Twitter app for iOS or Android automatically enables the feature, which
means unaware users will unknowingly give out their app details to Twitter.
Thankfully, Twitter allows users to opt out of this feature in few simple
steps.
For iOS users
1. If you have
installed the Twitter app on an iOS device, click on the Me tab and tap the
gear icon.
2. Click on
Settings.
3. Select the account
you’d like to adjust.
4. Under Privacy, you
can adjust the setting to ‘Tailor Twitter based on my apps.’
For Android users
1. Android users will
need to click the overflow icon and select Settings.
2. Select the account
you’d like to adjust.
3. Under Other, adjust
the setting to ‘Tailor Twitter based on my apps.’
You can also adjust
the ‘Limit ad tracking‘ setting on iOS or ‘Opt out of interest based-ads‘
on Android, to stop Twitter from sending you interest-based ads.