fearout@kbin.social to Fediverse@kbin.social · edit-22 years agoFull, expanded list of all the data points and their purposes that Meta's Threads collect and link to user accounts. It's even more insane than you might've thought.media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageFull, expanded list of all the data points and their purposes that Meta's Threads collect and link to user accounts. It's even more insane than you might've thought.media.kbin.socialfearout@kbin.social to Fediverse@kbin.social · edit-22 years agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squaremizzyc@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoQuestion: 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?
minus-squarefearout@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoYou 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.
minus-squaremizzyc@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI didn’t know there was a button like that! Where can I find it on Android?
minus-squarefearout@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoI was talking about iOS, the image in the post is compiled from AppStore screenshots. Here’s a relevant page on Apple’s website. As for Android, I’m not really sure. Probably by installing DuckDuckGo? It runs a local firewall-type thing that blocks known trackers.
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?
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.
I didn’t know there was a button like that! Where can I find it on Android?
I was talking about iOS, the image in the post is compiled from AppStore screenshots. Here’s a relevant page on Apple’s website.
As for Android, I’m not really sure. Probably by installing DuckDuckGo? It runs a local firewall-type thing that blocks known trackers.