In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has found itself under fire for permitting a third-party application managed by a notorious political outfit to scoop up the details of 50m of its users for use in targeted advertising.
As explosive revelations continue to come to light, spearheaded by whistleblower Christopher Wylie, Facebook has found itself arguing the semantics of what constitutes a “data breach.” But for the millions of users whose account details were abused without consent, it may be useful to now check their app settings.
The process is as simple as clicking Settings>Apps. From there, you will be able to select and edit every app which has permission to use your information. “When you block or remove an app or game from the App Center or your app settings, they'll no longer be able to access any info about you.
The issue for many users will be that the social network is increasingly used to log in to third-party applications. Now, platforms which have Facebook integrated let users access them with those credentials instead of an email/password combo.
