I know that all the buzz this week is about the new iPhone 5, the craze that was with the lines both within and without the US and the fact that Apple has asked its manufacturer to increase production on the gold iPhone 5s by 1/3 due to the demand for it, but this week I wish to go in a different direction.
As we move forward in this new world of emerging media, which now more seems to be about social media, a question has piqued my curiosity. With all the talk of privacy issues and who monitors what and what can truly remain private, I wonder why this is such a concern when it seems that more and more of us are willing to allow almost limitless access to our information.
Is just me, or is there anyone else who is a little tired of having the option to sign in using a social media account? Why can’t I just simply sign in to the account I’m desirous of using with the requisite username and password for that account? Gone are the days when my only option was to sign into Yahoo, Google etc with my username and password, now nearly all access to web sites these days offers the option to sign in, with one’s social media account.
Don’t get me wrong, I completely understand the premise of applications like Hootsuite and Buffer for instance. That said however, as much as I can appreciate the option to use a social media account as a kind of one stop shop resource, doesn’t this by extension therefore allow easier access to us and our information because everything is grouped together?
In comes a site like My Permissions, which monitors connected applications across social media platforms. Through My Permissions, access to can be revoked if and when deemed necessary. Does this site mean that all hope is not lost in relation to the level of access we give sites to our information, or is this site simply another level of access that we allow? Only time will tell!
Until next time…
The Pulse of Social Media 