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[+] 30 points 3 years ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    People are actually suggesting that. Shills maybe?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    I think a lot of those are just people who want to be able to talk to their non-techy friends within the fediverse, but who also either haven’t yet realized the full scale of Threads’ privacy overreach, or they don’t give a shit/think it’s irrelevant since they don’t plan to use threads themselves.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Correct. I don't care because I already use Facebook messenger and Instagram which do exactly the same things. However if there's another good option of interacting with threads users without using the app that would be nice

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think at this point a shorter list would be the data it doesn't collect.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I can't even come up with one item in that list

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Might as well hand them your unlocked phone and let them to have at it.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Flashlight

    Hey, it's not on the list 🤷.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Here's the Android version.

    A screenshot of the data privacy page for the Threads app, as listed in the Google Play Store.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    A lot of it duplicates across categories, but I left everything in so that you can assess each category for yourself.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I didn't know there was a button like that! Where can I find it on Android?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    How did 30+ million people fell for this? 😲

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Who is this brain dead to accept this agreement ACTUALLY THIS IS INSANE

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Credit score · Optional
    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    It's almost comically bad

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    How tf would a phone even have a way to provide that data to an app? Anyone know how exactly this works?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Apple and Android already have them, unless you didn't fill it in.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I don't think my phone ever asked me about health data or religion. That's why I find this so confusing.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

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