Mobile App Privacy
The cluster discusses privacy concerns with mobile apps, including data collection without consent, excessive permissions like location and device ID access, tracking by developers and platforms like Apple/Google, and skepticism about apps claiming no surveillance.
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The app developer will still send them to Apple / Google though so the data will still be available to snoop on.
How is this not creepy? Apps shouldn't be sniffing around in my data unless I tell them to.
Yes, developers put this in their apps, which I've downloaded, and collect and share this data without my consent.
How does having these apps on my phone hurt my privacy?
What sorts of privacy issues do I avoid by using that app on my smartphone?
That seems wrong.. you can easily track app usage. Apple and Google have insane amounts of information about the devices and apps being used on each device.
Another app so another company can surveil the user as well as google?
Could you expand on this? Does the app have more surveillance/data gathering than other? Genuinely curious, feeling naive
How can apps invade your privacy without explicitly giving them permission?
Everyone knows all the apps on your phonehttps://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-u...Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43518866