• redcalcium@lemmy.institute
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    9
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Which means the extra data they can grab via their mobile app is worth at least that much to them, if not more.

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Nah. I think it’s more about the tiered pricing structure and getting out of you what you’re willing to pay.

    • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      The app doesn’t capture anything that you don’t specifically agree to when it pops up and asks if you want to give it access to it. I’ve been using the app for months and I simply said “no” when it asked the “request to track” question. I can literally see that it has zero access to any of my data on my phone.

      • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        It’s not actually that simple. Maybe you click no and don’t give the app access to your contact, but your friends who have you on their contact list might click yes, and now they have your contact info despite you clicking no. I imagine they’ll have similar tricks for gathering other type of data as well.

        • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          They’ve got your contact info because you gave it to them on sign up. We’re talking about things like your contact list and all their info and your connections to them.

          • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            1 year ago

            Not necessarily, a contract entry can contains multiple items (landline, work phone, personal email, with email, and sometimes address) that you might haven’t given to the social network at signup yet.

            • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              So blame your friend for giving them that, but that’s not what’s being discussed here. The issue is how the app supposedly gets all of your contacts info from your phone, ie. your phone book. It only does that if you give it reason to and then approve its request to access that.

              • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                edit-2
                1 year ago

                No, why would I blame my friends instead of those shitty social media and their obsession with building shadow profiles it everyone on earth? This is victim blaming, like blaming your friend when you got your phone stolen at their house because they forgot to lock their door.

                • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  ·
                  1 year ago

                  You’d blame your friends because they were the ones that gave out your information.

                  This is victim blaming, like blaming your friend when you got your phone stolen at their house because they forgot to lock their door.

                  🤣 No it’s not. It’s more like blaming your friend when they borrowed your phone and then they gave it to someone else and never returned it…because they are to blame.

                  If someone knocks on my door and asks for all the contacts in my phone, if I give them your details then I am the one to blame, not the person that requested it.