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ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day (www.404media.co)
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[+] -12 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Show me one weather app that's state-sponsored (therefore: paid by taxes) that sells data to boost income.

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Nearly every weather app that exists is repackaging data from an official, tax funded source. Apps using weather underground data possibly being the only exception.

    Show me one that doesn't want location permissions and such. So now they've got Your data and can do as they please with it.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    To be fair, a weather app does need to know my location to give relevant information.

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  • [–] -2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Nearly every weather app that exists is repackaging data from an official, tax funded source

    The weather source. Not the application source. A dude needs to sit down and write that part.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Sure, and it would be cool if that dude didn't pass my personal information to a third party.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Breezy Weather

    Not affiliated, just discovered this amazing app relatively recently.

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  • [–] -2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Aaaand we circle back to THIS.

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