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Is anyone compiling a black-list of companies that implicitly charge users by quietly (or not-so-quietly) collecting their data? This is increasingly becoming t
by theseatoms 10y ago
Is anyone compiling a black-list of companies that implicitly charge users by quietly (or not-so-quietly) collecting their data? This is increasingly becoming the consumer protection issue of our time.
A white-list of companies that do NOT do this could also be useful, especially as alternatives to companies on the black-list.
- HenryBemis 10y agoI think that for ANYTHING that requires an app and connection to the internet, we all should take for granted that: 1) data is being collected (e.g. my precious steps/vitals/food intake on fitbit) 2) data is being transmitted to "mother ship" and then sold to everyone that is willing to buy (e.g. why on earth did iOS fitbit app wanted to connect to facebook??? and then I stopped using fitbit - of course I was using a throwaway email and false name/DoB to begin with) 3) data is being correlated and adding more juice to each user's profile (e.g. iOS fitbit app getting my IP, fake-name, throwaway-email, vitals, not-my-iOS advertising identifier) No way around this. Only using a good hosts file, PMP, and Firewall IP (on iOS and for jailbroken devices). Anyone who runs stock iOS or Android is in the mercy of all "these people".
- medecau 10y agoIf you jailbreak your device you open yourself up to other threats.
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- boomboomsubban 10y agoIf it has proprietary software and uses an internet connection, assume it is collecting your data.
- chadgeidel 10y ago"If it uses an internet connection, assume it is collecting your data." - FTFY. Open source isn't a panacea when no one reads the code.
- type0 10y agoHey, at least there you have the ability to intervene with telemetry quite easily.