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submitted 2 years ago by Wander@yiffit.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

Yikes.

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[-] Wussy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It's a perfectly named app. They're pulling on the thread of privacy protection until it's all undone.

[-] hellskis@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I was somewhat optimistic about this app given that they were embracing federation, felt like an important milestone like when AOL had to stick a full featured web browser in their app. But this is just gross. Don't want to be a data slut for Zuck.

[-] Laxaria@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Any big major for profit company embracing federation is purely for their own revenue generating goals and have no explicit want to be actually good stewards of the Internet, its communities, and about their participation.

Participating in Federation is another way for Meta to suck up as much data as it can to sell its advertising services.

[-] treetreetree3@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago

I cant believe apps tracking user data this much can even be allowed on app stores

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[-] unknown_artist@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Sad that it’s even allowed. And how many people will “agree” to this without thinking twice about what it means.

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[-] ultimate_question@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Absolutely laughable that all these corporate dumbasses are tripping over themselves to explain why their platform is more user friendly but even with near unlimited resources to build a decent product Meta et al still can't figure out a way to justify their existence without quantifying and selling their users' private behaviors

[-] Fer24@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Thanks but no thanks

[-] krowsbane@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Defed the Thread.

[-] alvaniss@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Twitter has the same amount of required permissions tho. Of course it collects a lot more data than any fediverse application or site but for proprietary software its about average

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[-] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Holy shit! That’s terrifying, especially from a company like Facebook

[-] Xeon@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

So, all that isn't even enough, "other info" is needed too? This honestly will just get every single thing they can get of ya.

[-] reclipse@lemdro.id 4 points 2 years ago

Is the app out already? Or is this just the App Privacy dashboard for Instagram??

[-] Wander@yiffit.net 5 points 2 years ago

It's for the new app. It's on preview on the app store

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