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The media really likes to take it to 11 when security researchers find issues. In this case, it looks like the App is sending lots of identifying information ab
by cjensen 10y ago
The media really likes to take it to 11 when security researchers find issues. In this case, it looks like the App is sending lots of identifying information about you for advertising purposes.
Is that Evil? Yes. Is that done all the time in lots of apps and websites? Yes. Do I wish advertisers would stop being idiots and assuming that these practices improve advertising effectiveness? Yes. Is this a serious security threat? Probably not.
- noobermin 10y agoRegarding that the data is for advertizing, that is stated in the article...by both experts they contacted.
- cjensen 10y agoYep, and I appreciated that they included those quotes. While "sending data to China" is literally the same idea, it kinda implies more sinister than it is.
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- oculusthrift 10y agookay but it takes it to another level when its taking it to a hostile foreign country with companies that share data with their government. not sure how that's debatable.
- est 10y agoDid you bother read the first sentence of the article? It's about a god damn Chinese app sending data to China.
- oculusthrift 10y agodid you? " just recently began gaining popularity in the United States." Those are "god damn" american users. so not sure what youre so angry about or if you can't see the point.
- est 10y agoIs it a crime for a Chinese app having a China based backend server? If not, what's the issue here?
- oculusthrift 10y agoit's not a crime but you're saying users shouldn't be informed that their data goes directly to communist hands... i don't think we(americans) need a chinese person to play false equivalence and convince us to allow their communist government to spy on us. especially with how much they rip off our ip. hopefully the new administration will make it illegal. just as german data stays in germany and chinese data stays in china, our data should stay here. if a chinese company wants to come here let them build a data center here.
- est 10y ago> just as german data stays in germany and chinese data stays in china, our data should stay here Brilliant plan, exact the same like China's policy. That's why the built a wall (Great Fire-Wall) if every other nation follows we can have a nice Balkanized Internet[1] shortly. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinternet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinternet