Snapchat to let users control third-party apps

San Francisco March 29 (IANS) Snap Inc -- the parent company of popular photo-sharing app Snapchat -- is reportedly working on a new feature that will let users control which third-party apps will have access to their accounts the media reported.

The latest beta version of Snapchat has a new feature category called "Connected Apps" whose description read: "These apps are connected to your Snapchat account. Choose an app to control what it has access to."

"This section could very well soon show what third-party apps users have connected directly to their Snapchat account. Snap currently allows this with Bitmoji an app for creating cartoon versions of yourself which Snapchat bought in 2016 " Mashable reported late Wednesday.

"This update could help Snapchat become its own app ecosystem not unlike Facebook Google and Twitter. All three of those companies allow for log-in on other third-party networks " the report added.

Amid speculations about how much data Snap would let third parties access a Snap spokesperson told Engadget that the company doesn t share user-identifiable information with advertisers.

This comes at a time when Facebook users are uninstalling apps they got connected with long ago via "Facebook log-in" after the social media platform was hit by a major data scandal.

"Snap doesn t offer a service similar to Facebook s Graph API or share friend network information with third parties which is what enabled the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Those policies and the company s approach to privacy won t change " the spokesperson was quoted as saying by Engadget.

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