The Zuck suck is in full swing.
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.”
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.”
starlinguk, There's a reason it's not allowed in the EU.
reflex, That list reads like a law enforcement surveillance request, wtf.
Threads: I see everything.
vraylle, I started using #Threads
Ah, I see, there's the problem.
PenguinJuice, Yeah for real... are these people fucking retarded? There was a mass Facebook exodus for a reason.... does nobody remember?
BraveSirZaphod, People left Facebook because it got overwhelmed with their parents and grandparents, not because they ever cared about privacy.
Aesthesiaphilia, These people are so low info they don't even know Facebook owns Instagram
kobra, Idk, literally everyone I know has a Facebook page. They may not use it, buts it’s there almost like a listing in a phone book.
iamdisillusioned, Facebook won’t let me login to delete mine unless I send them a photo of my drivers license. Not gonna happen.
mainaccount, Happened to me. Had a fake profile to test some apps and when they asked for an ID, I literally sent a pic of my MIDDLE FINGER. They accepted.
hyper, That tracks about everything it possibly can just for the sake of it. I despise Meta so much…
Moonrise2473, The list is just a list.
The VPN just blocked requests to Facebook domains and it says that it might have contained that data. But it has no idea what data was inside. Maybe was filled with tracking or maybe it was just requesting something else
nepenthes, I am also trying DDG app tracker out. This is what I got after opening Simcity Buildit. Not really surprised, because Fuck EA, but some of the requests might be the linking of account. Still, 930-- damnnnnn.
hyper, I mean here is a screenshot of the data the Threads iOS app collects:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ff0954da-3a3d-4757-9d3c-b7ce9993c969.webp
This checks literally every vector the app could collect data from.
JoeKrogan, Not sure why anyone would install that garbage. Even a one off install to check it out means it will upload lots of data.
BraveSirZaphod, Some people simply do not care.
Is it really that hard to understand that some people like the idea of participating in a community with all their friends and favorite content creators, and find the idea of getting access to this for free at the cost of some privacy that they don't hugely value to be an acceptable enough trade?
Aesthesiaphilia, "some" privacy lol
Zoomers don't value privacy at all, and that's a huge problem.
BraveSirZaphod, Maybe, but ultimately, that's a decision that every person gets to make for themselves.
skillissuer, the same reason why people are not using adblockers in current year
JeffCraig, It’s easy to missjudge how much of our society are just mindless drones.
Tom2day, The fight is on. Youtube just started playing this game.
ox0r, “They trust me” “Dumb fucks”
Tom2day, Youtube has done it now. The internet fighting is on. Truly not able to see Youtube now with blockers.
damnYouSun, ReVanced is still working.
fne8w2ah,
Blackbeard, Jesus, man! Do they want my birth certificate as well?
ziggurat, Only if you are running for president
WhiteWolf, 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.
stormageddon,
pixelvolt, I don’t care if this app becomes the new norm, I ain’t risking all that metadata. Fuck Facebook
nickel, Looking at the data collection categories in the ios app store for Threads is terrifying. Similarly, mastodon collects nothing. General population doesn’t seem to care though given the number of signups that Threads has received in the last few days. People are happy to give their information away.
klyde, That’s your fault for using threads
Sterben, (edited ) You got a good point. I minimized my usege of Facebook to the minimum maximum.
Smifter, Does that mean you maximised your usage? 🤔
Sterben, Lol I meant the other way around ahah
throws_lemy, Meta is a threat to the privacy of fediverse users, if there are fediverse instances that remain federated with Meta.
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.
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