@cm0002 to Lemmy Shitpost • 1 month agoI don't need no applemmy.mlimagemessage-square21arrow-up1717arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@halcyoncmdrlinkEnglish116•1 month agoAnd their app is just a wrapper for a webpage anyway.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink71•1 month agoExcept now the app pushes ads to you through notifications.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️link83•1 month agoAnd it wants permissions to: Camera Microphone Location Media Contacts Call History Read SMS Messages Make and Receive Calls …And will throw an absolute hissy fit and refuse to load without explanation if you deny any of them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•1 month agoU forgot about search history. It’s one of the most outrageous things that I cannot think of a legitimate use of it.
minus-squarePasta Dentallinkfedilink47•1 month agoDoesn’t matter, the app has access to a unique device ID as well as an advertising id that the os provides free of charge without any user prompt! And that happens on both iOS and Android! How magnificent
minus-square@KuroiKazelink9•1 month agoYou know you can just delete your advertising ID on Android without an issue
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 month agoOn my phone (Pixel 8 running Android 15): Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Privacy controls -> Ads -> Delete advertising ID
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-21 month agoOn mine it just has “get new advertising ID” EDIT: apparently this means I didn’t have one
minus-square@serenissilink13•29 days agoIt is a wrapper where content blockers can’t be installed, unlike a browser.
And their app is just a wrapper for a webpage anyway.
Except now the app pushes ads to you through notifications.
And it wants permissions to:
…And will throw an absolute hissy fit and refuse to load without explanation if you deny any of them.
U forgot about search history. It’s one of the most outrageous things that I cannot think of a legitimate use of it.
Call history or what do you mean?
AND harvests more data from your phone!
Doesn’t matter, the app has access to a unique device ID as well as an advertising id that the os provides free of charge without any user prompt! And that happens on both iOS and Android! How magnificent
You know you can just delete your advertising ID on Android without an issue
I shouldn’t have to do that.
Explain how!
On my phone (Pixel 8 running Android 15):
Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Privacy controls -> Ads -> Delete advertising ID
On mine it just has “get new advertising ID”
EDIT: apparently this means I didn’t have one
Nifty. Just deleted mine.
Click the first link
It is a wrapper where content blockers can’t be installed, unlike a browser.
Came here to say this exact thing.