Most apps require users to sign up and provide information about themselves such as age, date of birth, email address and phone number. Users can enter their details manually or they can allow the app to use the data already available on social networks such as Google, Facebook or Twitter. More From Livemint »Logging into them through a social media account is like serving them your personal data on a platter. To ensure users’ data is not misused by the app developer, some social media platforms such as Facebook and Google Plus allow users to see which apps have access to your social media account and even allows them to delink the app from the social network whenever they want. Similarly, if a third party app where a social log-in was used is infected by malware, it can compromise your data on the social media account as well.

Source: Mint July 03, 2017 08:15 UTC