So many people are going to sign up and never look at this once.
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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and that's probably the scariest part
What's crazy is even Instagram and WhatsApp don't have this many permissions.
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Yeah this is truly insane. This will never be on my phone. It also helps that Europe thinks this is bullshit as well and it’s not available here.
It's like a CVS receipt of privacy invasion.
Why are they collecting financial information??
they want everything... even they got banned in Europe because of this
They weren't banned, they just preemptively pulled out because they knew they couldn't pull this shit in europe.
thanks for the correction
Available in the U.K. Brexit was such a bad idea. Smh
Is this what convinced you of that?
I knew that a long time ago, it’s just one more thing
And why Health and Fitness?
Biometric data.
Id guess adspace for rich people can be sold at a premium.
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YSK Meta is also 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.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-threads-privacy-decentralization/
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What a nightmare I wish My family stopped using meta apps
WhatsApp is the real drama.
People should use Signal instead. I don't care if anybody doesn't like it, it's what I use and if you want to talk to me you'll fuckin' use it.
Never installing any Facebook garbage apps.
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I love that it states that you can request for your data to be deleted with no explicit wording stating that it will be
You can request we delete your data and maybe we will lie and say we did when we didn't actually and maybe we will just tell you to fuck off in nice corporate language but either way you can rest safely knowing we won't delete your data and will probably let it be stolen by black market hackers
I am so happy that I’ve deleted my facebook account about 5 years ago and never since then used any app from Zuckercamp.
I still have to make a few more accounts with one of my proton mail addresses and I will de-google myself almost completely, with only youtube as an exception.
For now.
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Meta apps and shady Flashlight/Calculator apps, the two at 80mph, who wins?
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Beuatiful spyware
Fuck Facebook.
You... are shocked about that? Really?
Just a reminder for anyone using Facebook and Facebook messenger,they are separate apps and you need to set permissions to your liking on them separately. By default they both have pretty much everything enabled.
That is just… not something I’d ever want to even come near, much less touch with a 10 foot pole.
Why are people so surprised? Did you expect anything less?
And then idiot YouTubers and other shills be like "oooh look at all my engagement" and shrug this shit off at most.
Not touching that. Haha.
So, a standard Meta app.
What do you expect from an app named after the notoriously grim British movie about a nuclear holocaust.
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Can’t download it in the EU anyway. Probably for the best
If server admins federate with Meta, I will be looking for a new server.
I am surprised the font is not tiny.
I fell for the hype and down loaded to see what it was about. I didn’t read that!! What does the financial info mean? What level of detail do they have access to? Like for credit score is that info on my phone or are they getting access to a credit card app? Stealing info while I’m logged into app?
They can even read which apps you have installed in your phone
What OS is that? Graphene? That feature looks hella handy
Holy fuck
This should not be allowed. Anywhere. This is insane and scary, considering the vast majority will simply not give a shit and install anyway.
This list looks about right to me
Meta being meta
app store: Please check your data security failures.
facebook: thinks
facebook: I'll take the lot!
Everything i expect
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