Discover in a simple way which applications are able to read your email

According to this week's Wall Street Journal, third-party app developers are able to read emails from Gmail users, raising questions about Google's own oversight. With these three simple steps you can find out if you have any of these applications.

The WSJ reported Monday that employees of the Gmail app developer, Edison Software, were personally reading the emails of hundreds of users to create a new feature. . He was not the only one. Employees of another developer, Return Path Inc., would also have read about 8,000 emails from users to help train their algorithmic software. According to the WSJ:

These applications did not specifically ask users if they could read their emails, although the companies claim that this activity was covered by their end user license agreements.

And what does Google say? The company maintains that an application can not access user information without explicit consent. It is badumed that an application's connection to Google returns an authorization screen that alerts users if an application requests the ability to view messages in the inbox.

That said, there is a way to find out what Apps have granted you email permissions via the Google Security Control for Gmail. From there, you need to go to your Google Account setup, select "login and security", navigate to "apps with account access", click on "manage apps" then click on the linked apps and select "delete" 39; access. "

Incidentally, Google also explained that its agreement with developers also prohibits application manufacturers to store data in a database and make permanent copies. In any case, it is always better to warn before having to repair. [Motherboard]