您是(Are)Google工具的常规用户还是强大的用户？您是否使用您的Google 帐户(Google account)登录第三方应用程序(party apps)？你经常接受朋友在Facebook 上(Facebook)发送的测验吗？或者，与Google一样，您是否使用您的Facebook 帐户(Facebook account)登录第三方应用程序或网站(party apps or websites)？
最后，您是否对最近有关社交媒体公司侵犯隐私的消息感到震惊？除了严格的密码卫生(password hygiene) 和强制性的两因素身份验证(factor authentication)或完全抛弃这些公司之外，您还可以通过定期监管您允许访问您的Google 和 Facebook 帐户(Google and Facebook accounts)的应用程序/模块/网站来进一步提高安全性。
下面，我们将向您展示如何从您的Google 帐户和 Facebook 帐户(Google account and Facebook accounts)中查看、检查、校准和删除连接的应用程序。
谷歌连接的应用程序(Google Connected Apps)
假设您不时使用您的Google 帐户(Google account)登录第三方应用程序(party apps)。即使您不记得这样做了，很多时候您甚至都不会意识到您正在授予应用程序访问您的Google 帐户(Google account)的权限。
这是谷歌的指导：
删除第三方访问
现在，让我们探索如何监控和删除这些Google连接的应用程序。使用网络浏览器(web browser)使用您的Google 帐户(Google Account)登录(Sign)。
在屏幕的右上角，您会看到您的个人资料照片。 单击(Click)它，然后单击 我的帐户(My Account)。
此“我的帐户”页面(My Account page)包括安全、隐私和偏好等多个模块；非常值得回顾，尤其是 安全检查(Security Checkup)向导。
就本文而言，请在登录和安全(Sign-in & Security)下方的左侧向下查看，然后选择具有帐户访问权限的应用程序(Apps with account access)。
在具有帐户访问权限的应用程序(Apps with account access )页面上，单击 管理应用程序(Manage Apps)以获取已连接应用程序的完整列表。
请注意(Notice)Google如何对连接的应用程序进行分组，首先显示有权访问您帐户的第3 方应用程序。(party apps)在这些 3 rd 方应用程序(party apps)下方，您会看到受Google信任且有权访问的应用程序列表。
现在检查这些列表以查找不熟悉或不再使用的应用程序。单击(Click)其中一个应用程序。在这里，您将看到详细信息，包括应用程序的授权时间以及它的访问级别。要删除它，请单击 Remove Access。
然后， Google(Google)会显示一个弹出窗口，说明您正在删除应用程序对您帐户的访问权限并再次使用此应用程序或服务(app or service)，您需要授予访问权限。单击 OK(Click OK)，Google会删除应用程序访问权限并将其从列表中删除。
继续(Continue)删除您不经常使用的所有应用程序的访问权限。请记住，如果您需要再次使用已删除的第三方或 Google(party or Google)应用，您只需再次授权即可。
Facebook 连接的应用程序(Facebook Connected Apps)
许多网站登录要求新用户使用Facebook登录。此外，如果您在Facebook 上使用过许多流行的共享(Facebook)游戏和测验应用程序(game and quiz apps)，这些应用程序也会访问您的个人信息。由于这些数据被滥用，Facebook现在在新闻中很突出。(Facebook)作为回应，Facebook可能很快会简化隐私设置。但就目前而言，这是检查和删除这些与Facebook(Facebook)相关的应用程序的当前方法，并不那么简单。
登录Facebook后，下拉(Facebook)Facebook 屏幕(Facebook screen)右上角的切换/箭头。这将暴露您的Facebook 帐户(Facebook account)和其他功能。在此列表的底部附近，选择Settings。
在Facebook 常规帐户设置页面上(Facebook General Account Settings page)，向下滚动并在左侧菜单中选择应用程序和网站。( Apps and Websites )
下一页显示已通过上述方式获得帐户访问权限的(account access)Facebook应用程序。(Facebook)这些范围从 Words with Friends 等有趣的应用程序到 If This Then That ( IFTTT ) 等自动化集成，以及(IFTTT)Hootsuite等生产力应用程序。
您可以通过选中右侧的框并选择如上所示的“删除”来轻松地完全删除该应用程序。(Remove)
如果您选择一个或多个应用程序并单击删除，您将看到另一个对话框(dialog box)。在这里，请注意引用先前活动的附加复选框选项。(checkbox option)考虑是否指示Facebook也删除之前使用该应用发布的帖子。因此，例如，如果您使用 IFTTT 将Blogger上发布的任何条目自动发布到Facebook，您可能仍希望保留以前的帖子。
这里还有其他几个重要说明。删除后，应用程序或网站(app or website)将无法再访问您的信息，但它们仍可能保留以前共享的信息。如果应用程序或网站(app or website)有您的电子邮件地址(email address)，您当然可以“取消订阅”以停止以后的电子邮件，但有必要直接联系应用程序或网站的开发人员(app or website developers)，询问他们是否继续维护您的任何信息。
Facebook让用户可以轻松地联系应用程序开发人员，方法是在您单击应用程序时选择右下角的“报告/联系”。因此，如果您担心，您可能希望在删除应用程序之前先使用此联系工具。(contact tool)
编辑 Facebook 应用隐私设置
另请注意(Note)，Facebook允许用户指定每个连接的应用程序允许的曝光。因此，即使在完全删除应用程序之后，也要考虑访问并更改每个保留的应用程序的隐私设置。这是如何做。
对于其中一个应用程序，单击查看和编辑(View and edit)。
首先，检查应用可见性(App visibility)，这意味着Facebook 上(Facebook)的哪些人将能够看到您使用此应用。对于此可见性，您可以从Public、Friends、Friends except acquaintances、Only Me或Custom中进行选择。
更重要的是，检查提供给应用程序的个人信息。对于许多应用程序，可能需要公开个人资料，但可以取消选择其他信息，例如您的Facebook好友列表、生日、家乡和您的电子邮件地址。(email address)此外，大多数情况下，应用程序无需访问您的页面或管理您的业务。
因此，修剪每个应用程序的访问权限或完全删除它们。删除后，您将不会再在您的Facebook关联应用程序列表中看到此应用程序或网站。(app or website)
恭喜您为我们在使用社交媒体网站时所面临的持续隐私之战带来了一些小程度的隐私控制。(privacy control)请(Please)让我们知道任何意见或问题。享受！
How to Check Your Google and Facebook Connected Apps
Arе you а regular or robust user of Google tools? Have you uѕed your Google accоunt to sign into third party apps? Do you often take quizzes sent by friends on Facebook? Or, as with Goоgle, have yоu used your Facebook accoυnt to log in to third party apps or websites?
Last, are you alarmed by the recent news about the social media companies in privacy breaches? Apart from rigorous password hygiene and mandatory two factor authentication or simply jettisoning these companies entirely, you can take another step to greater security by periodically policing the apps/modules/websites that you’ve allowed to access your Google and Facebook accounts.
Below, we show you how to review, check, calibrate, and remove connected apps from your Google account and Facebook accounts.
Google Connected Apps
Assume that from time to time, you use your Google account to sign into third party apps. Even if you can’t recall doing this, a lot of times you won’t even realize you are giving an app access to your Google account.
Here is Google’s guidance:
Remove Third Party Access
Now, let us explore how to monitor and remove these Google connected apps. Sign in with your Google Account using a web browser.
At the top right of the screen, you’ll see your profile photo. Click on it, and then click on My Account.
This My Account page includes several modules such as security, privacy, and preferences; it is well worth reviewing, especially the Security Checkup wizard.
For purpose of this article, look down along the left under Sign-in & Security and select Apps with account access.
On the Apps with account access page, click on Manage Apps to get a full list of connected apps.
Notice how Google groups the connected apps, displaying first the 3rd party apps that have access to your account. Below these 3rd party apps, you’ll see a list of apps that are trusted by Google that have access.
Now check these lists for apps that are unfamiliar or that you no longer use. Click on one of the apps. Here you will see details, including when the app was authorized and what level of access it has. To remove it, click on Remove Access.
Google then displays a pop up explaining that you are removing the apps access to your account and to use this app or service again, you will need to grant access. Click OK, and Google removes the apps access and removes it from the list.
Continue to remove access for all apps you do not actively use. And remember that if you need to use a third party or Google app again that you’ve removed, you simply have to authorize it again.
Facebook Connected Apps
Many website logins ask new users to sign in using Facebook. Also, if you have used the many popular shared game and quiz apps on Facebook, these apps also access your personal information. Facebook is prominent in the news now because of how this data is being misused. In response, Facebook may soon be simplifying the privacy settings. But for now, here is the current, not so easy, way to check and remove these Facebook connected apps.
Once logged into Facebook, pull down the toggle/arrow at the right top of the Facebook screen. This will expose your Facebook account and other features. Near the bottom of this list, choose Settings.
On Facebook General Account Settings page, scroll down and select Apps and Websites in the left-hand menu.
The next page shows the Facebook applications that have been given account access, via the ways discussed above. These range from fun apps like Words with Friends to automating integrations like If This Then That (IFTTT), and productivity apps like Hootsuite.
You may easily remove the app entirely by checking the box to the right and selecting Remove as shown above.
If you select one or more apps and click remove, you’ll see another dialog box. Here, notice the additional checkbox option referring to previous activity. Consider whether to instruct Facebook to also delete prior posts made using the app. So, for example, if you use IFTTT to automatically post to Facebook any entries posted on Blogger, you may still want the previous posts to remain.
Several other important notes here. Once removed, the app or website will no longer have access to your information, yet they may still retain previously shared information. If the app or website has your email address, you may certainly “unsubscribe” to stop future emails, but it will be necessary to contact the app or website developers directly to ask what if any information of yours they continue to maintain.
Facebook makes it easy for users to contact app developers, by selecting “Report/Contact” in the bottom right when you click on the app. Thus, if you are concerned, you may want to first use this contact tool before removing the app.
Edit Facebook App Privacy Settings
Note too that Facebook allows users to specify the exposure that each connected app is allowed. So even after removing apps entirely, consider visiting and changing the privacy settings for each app that remains. Here’s how.
For one of the apps, click on View and edit.
First, check App visibility, meaning who on Facebook will be able to see that you use this app. For this visibility, you can pick from Public, Friends, Friends except acquaintances, Only Me or Custom.
Even more important, check the personal information provided to the app. For many apps, the public profile may be required, but other info such as your list of Facebook friends, birthday, hometown, and your email address can be deselected. Also, most of the time, there is no need for the app to access your pages or manage your business.
So trim the access for each app or remove them entirely. Upon removal, you will no longer see this app or website in your Facebook connected apps list.
Congrats on bringing some small level of privacy control to the continuing privacy battles we all face when using social media sites. Please let us know of any comments or questions. Enjoy!
