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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What the hell is “sensitive info”

[–] AnObscureTenet 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-privacy-details/

"Such as racial or ethnic data, sexual orientation, pregnancy or childbirth information, disability, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, political opinion, genetic information, or biometric data"

[–] MercuryUprising 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The list every totalitarian government used to have to spend hundreds of millions to compile

[–] AnObscureTenet 1 points 1 year ago

And how did they do it?

Big tech companies like IBM.

[–] cashews_best_nut 5 points 1 year ago

Fuck me, that's ominous. :/

[–] wide_eyed_stupid 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Holy shit. Well, that's not dystopian at all.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 1 year ago

"P.S. Kisses, the Stazi."

[–] Existential_prices 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Knowing Zuck, it probably includes access to your medical history.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Wants to know your blood type.

[–] Kyrgizion 3 points 1 year ago

Whatever it is, it sounds sinister AF