Ars TechnicaHow 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.
beSpacific@arstechnica "#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 #PhysicalAddress to your #BrowsingHistory, #HealthInformation. #Sensitive information” is also listed as type of data collected by #Threads app. Some information this could include is your# race, #SexualOrientation, #pregnancy status, and #religion as well as your #biometricdata."
Andy McGuire 🐕@bespacific @arstechnica technically all fediverse apps should be showing that they collect all this information too.
it's not that the app ASKS for this information, but because you can post *anything* using the app, then the server you are using COULD store this information about you (and others).
The only thing I have specifically been asked for - is to allow notifications. It hasn't even asked for my location.