• @helpImTrappedOnline
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    961 month ago

    A privacy policy could literally say “our policy is to track and store nothing”. Having one does not make it evil.

    In the case of Google, I would not be surprised if it stays running in the background using a relatively large amount ram just for fun.

    • @[email protected]
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      311 month ago

      In this case, it redirects to Google’s general privacy policy that covers all their services. Anyway Google’s calculator stores a history of all the calculations you did in your account somewhere. So I guess it needs to have a policy stating what they do with that data.

      • Takatakatakatakatak
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        81 month ago

        It’s shit like this that makes me want to never use another Google app or service.

        What possible justification is there for storing history of calculations in a calculator app?

        • @irreticent
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          51 month ago

          I’m not saying I agree with their justification but I could see why they might be collecting yet another data point: education level. If someone constantly uses a calculator for simple calculations they might have a low education level. People in that demographic will be served different ads than more educated people.

          It sucks, but I could see Google doing that.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          At some point somewhere, someone is going to figure something out with what you typed into it and advertise something to you.

    • @stupidcasey
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      21 month ago

      while True(): youtube.background.play( video=rick_astly_nggyu, exclusive_ads_mode = true, audio=mute )