Would an android user not be able to restrict the vast majority of these pulls?
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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I could be wrong but doesn’t the Facebook and Instagram app collect this same amount of information as well?
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are a lot of these options not opt-in at the system level? on iOS at least. i know they can approximate a lot using ad tracking but not health info on the phone if you don’t allow it
On Android all permissions are disabled by default
Pretty much as expected. :)
Waiting for threads to be available through other ActivePub instances like mastodon. Being free from giants, yet having the possibility to access their content.
To be fair, I bet most apps probably track the same. But meta (probably for legal reasons) has to tell you about it.
Without asking for the permissions they might not get far though