Twitter to start snooping at which apps you have installed - here's how to opt out

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Twitter is set to start peeking on users' iPhones, iPads and Androids in order to see which apps they have downloaded.

The company will start collecting the list of apps installed on those smartphones and tablets so that it can, in its own words, "deliver tailored content that you might be interested in."

A support article says the additional data collection will allow Twitter to make better recommendations on who to follow, as well as insert content it thinks you will find interesting into your feed.

The new feature, which Twitter has named "app graph," could tie in with the company's recently announced Instant Timeline feature which takes new users' areas of interest and the people their contacts follow, and serves up a feed created for them in order to better personalise Twitter from day one.

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Twitter will now Track EVERY App You have Installed on Your Smartphone

Like Facebook and Google, Twitter will soon be collecting your smartphone data in order to provide a "more personal Twitter experience" by serving targeted advertisements.

The popular microblogging service Twitter said Wednesday that it will start collecting information about the other applications its users have installed onto their smartphones or tablet in a bid to better target ads and content, which some users may consider as another threat to their online privacy.

In the Security and Privacy section of its support site, Twitter says that it will be "collecting and occasionally updating the list of apps installed on your mobile device so we can deliver tailored content that you might be interested in."


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The company has updated its app with this new feature for iOS platform on Wednesday, and Android will integrate this new feature in the next week.

Twitter will now Track EVERY App You have Installed on Your Smartphone