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clifff Jul 4, 2023

Meta’s new app “Threads” is up pre-order in the App Store. Let’s do a quick check on what data they want from you compared to the official Mastodon app, Mammoth and Ivory.

Spoiler: Meta wants to know and track everything about you, and Mastodon doesn’t want anything.

#threads

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Willow (she/her)Jul 4, 2023

@clifff Why the fuuuuck does a social media app need to know my financials and health info?!

YUCK.

ETA: This was not an invitation to reply guys to pile up in my mentions. Go away. No one wants you here.

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arnoid Jul 4, 2023

@MsHearthWitch @clifff If you use instagram you give them the exact same data. Threads is essentially based off of instagram’s data, so yeah threads also has access to the exact same data.Also to add on this a lot of this is opt-in ,i.e., you can choose whether or not to give access to nor not. #threads

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Deeso Snep Jul 4, 2023

@arnoid @MsHearthWitch @clifff Yeah, but as usual the problem is that you have to opt out of that stuff. Big Techs rely in a large part of the population who don't understand or are not concerned about privacy.

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arnoid

@Deeso @MsHearthWitch @clifff Both Apple and Google will show pop-ups while setting up the app, though you likely won’t have a lot of option if you use the website instead of the app. One thing I agree with is companies should be more transparent about what data they take from you and more importantly how they store it. But having a completely free app is impossible so you either pay , or opt out of targeted advertising and see random ads on your feed.