Applications that collect user data exist by the pile, you must have installed some yourself and gave it access to your phone book. That's how it is, when you install, if you don't review, you grant access to many things you don't even know. A somewhat abusive attitude that has (most of the time) the purpose of offering proper advertisements to you.
O Twitter, popular microblog service, passed away with your app. Yeah, it was. Because last week the service updated its privacy terms and included user data collection. The purpose? Yes, offer contextual ads according to the characteristics of each user.
But what data will be collected? Relax, at first the only thing Twitter wants is their list of installed apps. With this he adjusts his offers based on his tastes, whether by games or Food-Delivery apps.
Data collection is not new, Google has been doing this for a long time, or do you think ads with something you just looked up are coincidences? O Facebook, a little more intrusive, also makes use of data collection to display your ads. You think the site makes as much money as it does? Exactly, offering right ads to people who are probably looking for that product.
Returning to Twitter, if you find too much invasion of your privacy, you can disable data collection by accessing the application settings. It's there, all explained at the site's help center: https://support. Twitter. with/articles/20172069-what-is-app-graph-on-twitter