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          I think a lot of those are just people who want to be able to talk to their non-techy friends within the fediverse, but who also either haven’t yet realized the full scale of Threads’ privacy overreach, or they don’t give a shit/think it’s irrelevant since they don’t plan to use threads themselves.

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            Correct. I don’t care because I already use Facebook messenger and Instagram which do exactly the same things. However if there’s another good option of interacting with threads users without using the app that would be nice

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    One of my coworkers asked me yesterday if I was going to try Threads, and I pointed out how it was illegal in the EU because of all the data it gathers. I’m good.

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      Are you going to tell your coworker about mastadon if they don’t already know of it?

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        They know, but aren’t interested. They know I use Mastodon, which is why they asked if I was interested in Threads.

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    A lot of it duplicates across categories, but I left everything in so that you can assess each category for yourself.

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    This looks like pretty much everything possible to collect. Is there anything they left on the table so to speak or is this just a data grab at everything iOS / Android allows to be collected?

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    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?

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      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.

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          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.

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          You can find the settings of what a certain app can access in Manage Apps in Settings. The permissions that each app has are listed there. You can revoke some of them, but some apps will just fail to start with all of them revoked.

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    I was gonna say, it looks like the only thing they don’t own when you say yes is your image and likeness, but they’ve probably already extracted that from your IG account too.

    LOL. LMAO, even.

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      They simply don’t care. They don’t see the problem with it, and no matter how you explain it, privacy is just never a priority for these people.

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      George Carlin said “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

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      • Ohh, shiny new toy!
      • I don’t have anything to hide.
      • They don’t know about it
      • They know about it but don’t realize how bad it is
      • Peer pressure
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    Credit score · Optional
    App functionality, Fraud prevention, security, and compliance, Account management

    What function could Meta possibly need for this? Why would Instagram/Threads (Same policy it looks like) need your Credit Score? WTF?

    I’d only touch this if the team behind Instander made an app for Threads and I’d still use fake info.

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    How tf would a phone even have a way to provide that data to an app? Anyone know how exactly this works?

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        I don’t think my phone ever asked me about health data or religion. That’s why I find this so confusing.

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          Health data would be sourced from your fitness apps mostly. Many phones already have one built in(Fit with Google). Sleep trackers as well. Religion would be found on dating apps.

          Not saying they specifically will use those to get your info, but you said you never told you phone those things, so I’m just suggesting some ways you actually did.