Permission site for apps adds real-time Google monitoring

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MyPermissions, a site that offers a handy dashboard of all the apps that are burrowing into your social media accounts, expanded the features it offers on Tuesday to alert users when an app asks for data from Gmail, Google Calendar and a suite of other Google(s goog) services.

The Google alert feature comes in addition to existing ones for Facebook(s fb) and Twitter and, for practical purposes, means that users receive a pop-up notification via their browser or mobile device if a new app tries to access information from their Google account:

MyPermissions app

The ability to monitor apps’ ties to social media accounts is important because today most people rely on those accounts as a proxy permission service — the app uses it to gain access to a persons’ contacts and often much more. And, with so many apps out there, many people lose track of which apps have access…

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