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Best Free AppsNEWApp of the FortnightPRIVACY
Jumbo
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11Social networkspr ovide an
excellent platformfor self-
expression,but have yo u ever
considered that someof your
old tweets , posts andstatus
upda tes might give away more
privat e information thanyou’re
comfortable with?
Professing to ‘cleanyour
digi tallife ’, Jumboisa new
app (currently iOS-only) that
servesas anall-in-one
social-mediaprivacyassistant,
clearingup yourpersonal
dataacrossmultiplesocial
networksand online services
fromwithin a single handy
app.If , for example, you’ve everworrie d that one of your
old tweets might one day comebackto haunt you,you can
use Jumboto quickly ti dyupyourpreviousTwitter activity
andar chive any older tweets to yo urmobile device.
AswellasTwitter, the app letsyou clean upyourGoogle
Searchhistor y andAlexa voice recordings, all inju sta few
quick taps. The developer says that suppor t for cleaning
many more services, including Instagr amandTinder,
isonits way.
Not only that, but if you’ve
evertried to make sense of
Facebook’s labyrinthineprivacy
settings, thenyou’llbepleased
to hear that Jumboalsooffers
a veryhandySmar t Facebook
PrivacySettingsfeat ure.
Jumbocan’t clean your
Facebook histor y for you (yet),
but it can helpyou take control
of yourprivacysettingson the
social network.
Crucially, Jumboallows you
to clean upyoursocial data
without evercompromising
yourprivacy. Infac t,Jumbo
itselfnever evengetsaccess
to yo urpersona l information.
The entire app has been
designedto work
without stor ing
orproc essing
any of yourdataonits own servers – all your
data remains onyouriPhone oriPad.Our rating HHHHH1Download the Jumbo app,
then launch it and tapyour
way through thevarious
welcome screens. Onceyou’re
done, you’ll see a screen with
separate ‘cards’ representing
each social-media account the
service supports.To clean your
tweets,for example, press the
switch on theTwitter card. On
the next screen,you’ll needto
choose a timerange – you can
chooseto clean all tweets older
than a day, week, month or
three months.^12Select one of these options,
then tap the arrow button
that appears in the bottom-
right corner. On the next
screen, you’ll be asked where
you want to save yo ur old
tweets. Currently,you can only
chooseto save to your iPhone,
but optionsto save to Dropbo x
and iCloud arecoming soon.
Make your selection, press ‘Log
in with Twitter’,^1 then tap
Open.^2 When the Twitter app
opens, chooseConnect.3Tap ‘Set up a new app’,
which willreturn you to the
main Jumbo screen.You can
now add another account –
Google Search^1 or Ale xa, for
example –by pressing the
relevant card andrepeating
steps 1 and 2.When you’re
done adding accounts, tap the
Start Cleaning button.^2 If you
want Jumbo’s help withyour
Facebook privacy settings, tap
the Facebook card,^3 then
choose ‘Log in withFacebook’
and follow thesteps.MINI WORKSHOP
Connectand clean your social
media accounts with Jumbo112123