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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know how this works? I understood if you have Instagram a threads account is already created for you, but is it the App Store location you downloaded from or IP or user set location?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i imagine it’s just very straightforward based on your app store region, because if you spoof that then you’re probably already breaking some ToS so you have no legal ground to stand on

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is the law based on your geographical location or your citizenship? If I'm an EU citizen and travel to California, can these companies store/sell that California data differently? Also say while in Cali I download Threads. Does that mean they can continue to store my data when I return home to the EU?