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Full, expanded list of all the data points and their purposes that Meta's Threads collect and link to user accounts. It's even more insane than you might've thought.
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I think at this point a shorter list would be the data it doesn't collect.
I can't even come up with one item in that list
I was gonna joke about it not having your Mother's Maiden name, but honestly it probably does.
"Other Data Types" would cover that.
Might as well hand them your unlocked phone and let them to have at it.
That's pretty much what you're doing when you sign up, only remotely.
It’s literally every scrap of data on your phone. If anyone can tell me something that’s on your phone that’s NOT on this list, I’d like to hear what it is
Flashlight
Hey, it's not on the list 🤷.
Thank god. It would be horrible if Facebook knew whenever I was committing a burglary.
Or trying to pee drunk in the middle of the night.
One of my coworkers asked me yesterday if I was going to try Threads, and I pointed out how it was illegal in the EU because of all the data it gathers. I’m good.
Are you going to tell your coworker about mastadon if they don't already know of it?
They know, but aren’t interested. They know I use Mastodon, which is why they asked if I was interested in Threads.
Here's the Android version.
Ah yes, it needs my political or religious beliefs for fraud prevention.
This looks like pretty much everything possible to collect. Is there anything they left on the table so to speak or is this just a data grab at everything iOS / Android allows to be collected?
A lot of it duplicates across categories, but I left everything in so that you can assess each category for yourself.
On top of all that Other data 🤣, like what, when my granma had her first period, lol 🤣.
Yeah. Seems like Apple doesn't have enough categories for all the shit they collect.
Question: all these permitions are allowed by default? Or the app asks for it and you can allow them or not from Android/iOS permissions, like notifications?
You can block some things (like location data), but a lot of it is only moderated using an "Ask app not to track" button, which is more lenient.
I didn't know there was a button like that! Where can I find it on Android?
I was talking about iOS, the image in the post is compiled from AppStore screenshots. Here’s a relevant page on Apple's website.
As for Android, I’m not really sure. Probably by installing DuckDuckGo? It runs a local firewall-type thing that blocks known trackers.
You can find the settings of what a certain app can access in Manage Apps in Settings. The permissions that each app has are listed there. You can revoke some of them, but some apps will just fail to start with all of them revoked.
I was gonna say, it looks like the only thing they don't own when you say yes is your image and likeness, but they've probably already extracted that from your IG account too.
LOL. LMAO, even.
How did 30+ million people fell for this? 😲
They simply don't care. They don't see the problem with it, and no matter how you explain it, privacy is just never a priority for these people.
George Carlin said “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
- Ohh, shiny new toy!
- I don't have anything to hide.
- They don't know about it
- They know about it but don't realize how bad it is
- Peer pressure
- ...
Who is this brain dead to accept this agreement ACTUALLY THIS IS INSANE
Someone who doesn't read it for starters
You know... the Next, Next, Next, Finish guys.
Serously though, most people don't even read them.
Most people who don't bother to read app permissions information
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App functionality, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance, Account management
What function could Meta possibly need for this? Why would Instagram/Threads (Same policy it looks like) need your Credit Score? WTF?
I'd only touch this if the team behind Instander made an app for Threads and I'd still use fake info.
It's almost comically bad
How tf would a phone even have a way to provide that data to an app? Anyone know how exactly this works?
Apple and Android already have them, unless you didn't fill it in.
I don't think my phone ever asked me about health data or religion. That's why I find this so confusing.
Health data would be sourced from your fitness apps mostly. Many phones already have one built in(Fit with Google). Sleep trackers as well. Religion would be found on dating apps.
Not saying they specifically will use those to get your info, but you said you never told you phone those things, so I'm just suggesting some ways you actually did.
I don't think people realize how much data they leak daily.
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