Twitter has changed the terms and conditions of its app and launched a support page that explains what it is doing.
In summary, Twitter’s official app will now report back to the company every app installed on your Android or iOS device.
By so doing, Twitter wants to know the names of the apps you install so that it can advertise services and apps to you.
Having those details means that Twitter can sell users details to other companies and push ads into those user timelines to encourage them to switch to other services.
Twitter is explicit on the support page. “We are only collecting the list of applications you have installed. “We are not collecting any data within the applications”.
The feature is called “App Graph”, Twitter wants to use it to also better suggest who you should follow.
If you don't like this feature (you find it too intrusive for example), you may want to try the following to disable it:
In Android:
Settings > other and deselect “Tailor Twitter based on my apps”
In iOS:
Settings >Twitter > privacy and remove the option for “Tailor Twitter based on my apps”.
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