Chrome App for Facebook Permissions
Google Chrome extension lets you choose Facebook app permissions
OOptOut is a new Google Chrome extension which allows you to set the Facebook permissions necessary for installing any specific Facebook application. It enables users to restrict the access to their personal data that the applications require. The new extension is not yet available on Google’s Chrome Web Store.
When you install a Facebook app, the service tells you what the app is asking for: typically it wants access to some of the content you’ve uploaded to the social network, the ability to e-mail you, to post to Facebook as you, and/or to access your posts and data. Normally, you have to say yes to all of them, if you want to use the app in question, but this extension lets you pick and choose which ones you want to include.
When the app’s authorization dialog pops up, OOptOut adds a small bar at the top with checkboxes for every permission the app requires. Once you’re done picking, hit the Update button. The page will reload, and the app will then only ask for the permissions you chose. From there, you can hit the blue Allow button as you typically would.
Unsurprisingly, some apps break when using this plugin. This is because developers sometimes build their apps without the consideration that a Facebook permission might not have been granted: if they get a permission denied back from Facebook, the may not handle it gracefully. On the other hand, some apps may check which permissions you’re missing and try to get you to re-authortize.
The app is not yet available on Google’s Chrome Web Store, but it is available on GitHub.com.
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