Yahoo ANGELES Sept. 3, according to foreign media reports, Twitter at the end of the year is expected to develop a feature to record and analyze the users in their Web pages and thousands of third-party applications by clicking on the link. However, this approach is caused more and more worried about privacy issues.
Twitter Wednesday that all users will soon be switching to Twitter’s short URL service t.co, if so, all Twitter.com or third-party applications on the shared link would use this service. In addition, the company said, anyone click on these applications at Twitter and Twitter’s link, Twitter will record the click.
This news, declared that the privacy issues this may cause doubts began to appear, some Twitter users as “disgusting exploitation of data,” there does not want to point users will be logged in mind wish to know how can choose not to participation. Moreover, for a Twitter service is often overloaded, a monopoly of the website re-orientation means a more concentrated risk.
Twitter’s decision is not entirely a sudden. In June, Twitter has announced the opening of t.co short URL service.
User clicks on the record, Twitter is not the first. Yahoo rds.yahoo.com to track search behavior by Microsoft Bing search and Facebook, you should be using Javascript in the “OnMouseDown” feature to record hits. Google sometimes seems to function will be used to track re-directed from its home page click on the link.
Know which links are popular for a complex site can better optimize the content of their recommendations, but also allows Twitter to enhance their “promotional push (promoted tweets)” program, and optimize the algorithm to better determine which news is relevant and useful.
In addition, as the Twitter public relations executive Sean Garrett said in June, would also help to better detect and prevent malicious link.
Some analysts believe that the real privacy problem is that once the Twitter data center security vulnerabilities, those who click on a link in the information will be leaked. The police have a search warrant may also click on the link to the relevant data have a question, holding a summons for divorce lawyers may also be followed, asking for relevant information. In short, users do not expect these acts on their data will be saved and not have to be open.
Indeed, many now have a short connection service exists, but once every Twitter user turned t.co, it will become a central information repository, but also to understand better who click on what sources of data.
A solution to the problem is privacy concerns, Twitter can provide information and does not record click the option to delete the previous store records, and anonymous records can also be an option.
