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trashhalo ( trashhalo@beehaw.org )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Meta’s Twitter competitor launches on July 6th, according to the App Store

www.theverge.com

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Meta’s Twitter competitor launches on July 6th, according to the App Store

www.theverge.com

trashhalo ( trashhalo@beehaw.org )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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Meta clearly sees an opportunity.
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    Not surprisingly, it does all the data tracking that it can for a “text-based conversation app”.

    Screenshot of the Threads app's privacy section on the App Store. It has the following text: "Data Linked to You. The following data may be collected and linked to your identity: Health & Fitness, Purchases, Financial Info, Location, Contact Info, Contacts, User Content, Search History, Browsing History, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics, Sensitive Info, Other Data"

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      “Sensitive info”??? What’s that?

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        According to Apple

        Such as racial or ethnic data, sexual orientation, pregnancy or childbirth information, disability, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, political opinion, genetic information, or biometric data

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          Yeesh, that’s some creepy shit.

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