LeavittDCJul 4, 2023
Dare Obasanjo

This table is basically a list of features used by the app framed in the scariest way possible.

- Can you give the app your credit card? Financial Info.

- Does the app collect crash logs? Diagnostics.

- Is there a map or place check-ins? Location

- Can you find your friends who use it? Contacts

Jul 4, 2023 at 5:13amWeb
Show threadYann VaillantJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life “Health & Fitness" is the scariest one I think, the rest is sadly "standard"
Show threadPhillip of MastodonJul 4, 2023
@vayan I don’t see any good reason to give it my browsing or search history either.
Show threadPrasenjeet DuttaJul 4, 2023
@vayan @carnage4life what’s “sensitive info”?
Show threadmatdevdugJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life Google has mandated that in order to show any advertising to users in Europe you must use a cmp integrated with the IAB TCF 2.0 framework. It is far more aggressive with its wording.
Show threadEpiphanic SynchronicityJul 4, 2023

@carnage4life There’s a *lot* of tracking in there: my browsing and search history, PHI, “sensitive data,” other (?), etc….

My Mastodon client collects nothing unless I spend money, and then it’s just “purchases,” not “financial information”:

Show threadJust BobyJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life I’ll try it, since I got Instagram account anyway. Would like to see what they’ve done and how nice it feels and what the fedi will look like through that app.
Show threadCorinJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life the table seems pretty plain speaking and innocuous to me. It's history that frames it as scary.
Show threadPhilip Mallegol-HansenJul 4, 2023

@carnage4life Agree in general, but disagree on that last point.

Let me search for my friends. I don’t need automated slurping up of my contacts database.

Show threadJust BobyJul 4, 2023
@philip @carnage4life You don’t have to share it with them.
The app will ask and you can decline, I’m fairly sure it’s not automatic. Same with your financial information, etc. Many aren’t needed for the app to operate, only relevant for ads, location based info, online shopping whatever.
Show threadPrasenjeet DuttaJul 4, 2023
@philip unfortunately, slurping up contacts is seen as “normal” by many users, and it’s not just Meta — it’s an industry thing. Think about WhatsApp (also by Meta). It doesn’t matter if you don’t use it — it likely has the contact list of every one of your contacts, if they live in an area where WhatsApp is popular (which is most of the planet).
Show threadSloan StudioJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life I think that is healthy fear.
Show threadMBJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life a reporter posted what Threads will collect next to what Twitter collects. Pretty comparable.
Show threadSeanJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life It's perhaps worth noting that for the mastodon app I use, that page simply says "data not collected."
Show threadDmitry MazinJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life oh come on. while I agree with your general idea that Apple’s privacy angle is dishonest, you KNOW that this is not how Meta’s data collection works. it is way deeper than that.
Show threadkJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life Wondering why they need my health and fitness info...That's kinda creepy...
Show threadAionoJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life
Lists literally more than 10 areas and then adds "other data" as well.
Show threadMonsieur Valentine 🇺🇦Jul 4, 2023
@carnage4life at least they are upfront about it. Regulation is a bitch
Show threadBenJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life Usually you have to grant apps access to many of the data on iPhone. So yeah, it’s probably contingent on using certain features like finding people who are there based on phone number/mail address, finding threads nearby, etc.
Show threadTim JohnsenJul 4, 2023
@carnage4life yeah, I hate these things. Sound super scary for pretty valid use cases.
Show threadMatt HealeyJul 5, 2023
@carnage4life and every single piece of info they get will be used to profile, target, and exploit you.