You know how you can log in to services like Disqus, Best Buy, or Hulu, (or our very own comments) with your Facebook account? It’s a fast and handy way to avoid making a new account and password for every web service under the sun, but that free convenience sometimes comes with a price: access to your data.
Companies treasure details of your personal life and the implicit right to send you messages. Here’s how to cut off that connection when you’re done with it.Cut ‘Em Off
First, get on a desktop or laptop browser. It’s possible to do this on a phone or tablet browser via “desktop view,” but it’s much easier with a proper mouse and keyboard. Head to Facebook.com and log in, if you haven’t already.
Facebook doesn’t make it intuitive to find the area for managing “app” access. (“Apps” are what these connections between your Facebook account and external services are called—it doesn’t have anything in particular to do…
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