Ars TechnicaJul 8, 2023

How Threads’ privacy policy compares to Twitter’s (and its rivals’)

Here’s what is collected by Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/07/how-threads-privacy-policy-compares-to-twitters-and-its-rivals/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

How Threads’ privacy policy compares to Twitter’s (and its rivals’)

Here’s what is collected by Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.

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Show threadpoldemoJul 8, 2023
#privacy
«#Threads (Android, Apple) potentially collects a wide assortment of personal data that remains connected to you, based on the information available in Apple’s App Store, from your purchase history and physical address to your browsing history and health information. “Sensitive information” is also listed as a type of data collected by the Threads app. Some information this could include is your race, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, and religion as well as your biometric data.»
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Show threadpoldemoJul 8, 2023
q.e.d. Who would have expected anything better. So, stay with #Mastodon.
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

@poldemo

Also:

Is there something like a #JailBreak for older #Android or ##Apple phones where the #OS can be substituted with a securer #FOSS OS like #Linux?

This way, we would not have to need to buy new smartphones every other year due to forced #obsolescence by producers, or they could be recycled so more poorer people in the #GlobalSouth could finally participate in the #InternetRevolution helping to overcome the #DigitalDevide.

Jul 8, 2023 at 2:15pmTusky
Show threadRoy has movedJul 8, 2023
@HistoPol @poldemo Right, it's a shame Ubuntu stopped developing its mobile phone OS.
Show threadunerdsJul 9, 2023
@rabirk @HistoPol @poldemo they didn't. it's called ubuntu touch... device compatibility is limited, however. latest update release was march this year.
Show threadStefan MonnierJul 8, 2023
@HistoPol @poldemo I use #LineageOS on my 2015 Galaxy S5
Show threadwallmenisJul 10, 2023
@HistoPol @poldemo
And here we are... Trying to increase the amount of importance of digital stuff, even making money fully digital, while we leave 1/4 of the world out of it!