Twitter plans to record all links clicked | Privacy Inc. - CNET News

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“An e-mail announcement Wednesday night said “all users” will soon be switched over to Twitter’s t.co link-shortening service and, once that happens, “all links shared on Twitter.com or third-party apps” will use it. In addition, the company said, when anyone clicks “on these links from Twitter.com or a Twitter application, Twitter will log that click.”

Wednesday’s news was soon met with a smattering of privacy concerns, with some Twitter users dubbing it a “disgusting data landgrab” and others wondering if there will be an “opt-out policy” for those who prefer not to have their clicks recorded. Another concern: a centralized link-redirector means a centralized point of failure in a service known for being frequently overloaded.” (via CNET)

And Twitter continues to devour the third party apps that originally enhanced it.



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