In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like “headphone status” and “screen density.”

  • WhiteWolf@lemm.eeEnglish
    28·
    1 year ago

    It’s unbelievable that an app which collect this many data points, including voice, is legally allowed. Insane. Yes, people should not use it and should care, but come on… this is just mass surveillance and collection.

    • Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Well, that’s how Cambridge Analytica scandal happened

      Ross Schulman, senior fellow for decentralization at digital rights nonprofit the Electronic Frontier Foundation, notes that if Threads emerges as a massive player in the fediverse, there could be concerns about what he calls “social graph slurping." Meta will know who all of its users interact with and follow within Threads, and it will also be able to see who its users follow in the broader fediverse. And if Threads builds up anywhere near the reach of other Meta platforms, just this little slice of life would give the company a fairly expansive view of interactions beyond its borders.

      https://www.wired.com/story/meta-threads-privacy-decentralization/

    • Nioxic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      including voice

      how else would facebook live and such work?

      i mean some of these makes sense

      but its also a question of … does the app use all these things, all the time?

      do we know?

      On my mac i have to allow discord to record my voice etc. if i dont, i can still use the app but i cant talk in a voice call, and such.

      i’d like if apps did similar, on phones. they’d work but some functions would just be unavailable

      • Lemon@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        A year ago or so when I wanted to check what Facebook had on me, so I requested my data. The document I got from them also included what apps I used at what times. I don’t mean Facebook apps, I saw at what times I used apps such as Discord and countless other apps I have on my phone.

        I am guessing Google has given Facebook special permissions to access more features and data on user devices without prompting too. An average app developer has to ask for each and every permission, but Facebook can afford to pay Google for some questionable deals regarding privacy.

        • sv1sjp@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Actually, apps can check how many times other apps have been opened without any special permission. You can create a Work Profile with applications like Shelter and install all of these spyware there!

      • squidman64@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        i’d like if apps did similar, on phones. they’d work but some functions would just be unavailable

        Both Android and iPhones let you do this last I checked