Twitter says, to build a better experience on the
microblogging service they are going to track the list of apps which are
installed in the user’s mobile device. The company claims that they will only
collect information on the list of apps installed in the phone not the data
which is inside those apps. The data collected from the devices will be used to
provide improved ‘who to follow’, adding accounts, tweets and other content
that company believes the user will definitely find interesting and will help
show content which is relevant. In a blog post Twitter said on the matter "We
are collecting and occasionally updating the list of apps installed on your
mobile device so we can deliver tailored content that you might be interested
in".
You will be notified about this feature when it will be
turned on. A prompt will be shown saying to
help tailor your experience, Twitter uses the apps on your device.
Furthermore, if you are not interested in this Twitter tracking feature and
don’t want twitter to keep track of your app list, you can always turn the feature
off. There are easy instructions provided by twitter to turn the feature off
for both Android and iOS devices.
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