- Em Adespoton ( @adespoton@lemmy.ca ) 75•1 month ago
A privacy policy can be “we don’t collect your data.”
- nova_ad_vitum ( @nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca ) 8•1 month ago
…is it, though?
- kibiz0r ( @kibiz0r@midwest.social ) English47•1 month ago
Crash reporting, probably.
Tap for spoiler
They gonna rat you out to the feds if you divide by zero.
- bobs_monkey ( @bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ) 11•1 month ago
Feds/0
Checkmate, atheists
- Uli ( @Uli@sopuli.xyz ) 36•1 month ago
It’s got your number.
- Einar ( @original_reader@lemm.ee ) 22•1 month ago
My recommendation: get rid of that app and go for a zero-tracker one:
… or any other great FOSS calculator out there.
- unrushed233 ( @unrushed233@lemmings.world ) 15•1 month ago
Because it’s Google’s proprietary garbage app. Use FOSS alternatives from F-Droid instead.
- delirious_owl ( @delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 4•1 month ago
I’d rather have a Foss project with a simple privacy policy that clearly says they store nothing than one that has no policy at all
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English3•1 month ago
Privacy policies are BS anyway. Better to just not have an app that depends on a server or entity.
- unrushed233 ( @unrushed233@lemmings.world ) 3•1 month ago
A privacy policy is only legally required when you actually collect user data. Most devs don’t write a privacy policy for no reason, so seeing one can often be suspicious. Btw if you are worried about a FOSS app tracking you without disclosing it in their privacy policy, if this is the case, F-Droid would display it under the Anti-features section.
- delirious_owl ( @delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 1•1 month ago
Its a good practice to have a policy, even if its not legally required
- JayK117 ( @JayK117@aussie.zone ) 12•1 month ago
Because someone wants to know if you use the calculator to spell boobies (8008135)
- Vanth ( @Vanth@reddthat.com ) English11•1 month ago
I work for a company that requires everything to have a privacy policy that meets some minimums. We’re technically not supposed to even use Google websearch because putting any question into it potentially sends company information into the world and out of our control. That one’s not really enforced, thank goodness.
Without a privacy policy, I guess the calculator app could scrape the numbers you’re entering, plus, idk an email and a OneNote entry for context, to reverse engineer the latest doodad we’ve been designing.
It’s difficult to imagine what numbers from the calculator alone could be used for, but combine it with other information and you’ve got a problem.
- unfnknblvbl ( @unfnknblvbl@beehaw.org ) 1•1 month ago
Is day today having a privacy policy implies that the app is in fact being used for data collection. However, it appears to point to the general Google privacy policy…
- Trainguyrom ( @Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ) English9•1 month ago
Who knows, maybe they’re required by Google to provide a privacy policy, like xscreensaver was
- GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 5•1 month ago
Because Google Calculator collects everything, just like any other Google app (except for Pixel Launcher probably).
- JillyB ( @JillyB@beehaw.org ) 1•1 month ago
I just checked mine and it has no permissions. How is it collecting everything?
- GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 month ago
It collects its own part (logs and probably even the calculation history).
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English5•1 month ago
Use the one that comes with Lineage OS. Alternatively you could use one off of F-droid
- Communist ( @communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ) 4•1 month ago
I use opencalc, stick to FOSS software as much as humanly possible.