In a recent South Park episode, Kyle is kidnapped and subjected to product prototyping (made of people) by employees of a large, cult-like tech company who explain that it is all justified: Kyle failed to read the complex terms and conditions he agreed to. Unfortunately, the risks of consenting to the agreement were not clear to Kyle.

There is a new hope. Earlier this week, Twitter announced more precise controls over permissions granted to third parties. Twitter wants to make the risks of consent more clear. Access to your direct messages should be on a need-to-know basis. Twitter says that by mid-June, when you grant a third-party permission to your twitter account, it will no longer be able to access your direct messages unless you have explicitly granted that particular type of access.