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Coming from a person that did not take issue with the “Russia aspect” - The only part that sticks out to me is when the article implied you have to give it acce
by anomaloustho 7y ago
Coming from a person that did not take issue with the “Russia aspect” - The only part that sticks out to me is when the article implied you have to give it access to all of your photos.
In my brief usage of other social media apps like Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. Each photo you decide to share is opt-in.
The article also mentioned they run a job to continuously check in. Not sure if that’s to capture current GPS info, or to continually grab new photos. That seems a bit overzealous for what the app reportedly does. (editing pictures of your face)
- dgritsko 7y ago"Each photo you decide to share is opt-in" - I don't think that is really how permissions work on either Android or iOS. Once you have given the app permissions to access your photos, they can do so - with or without the user explicitly choosing which ones (please, someone correct me if I am wrong on this). So Snapchat/Instagram/Facebook might actually be doing stuff with your photos "behind the scenes", and you wouldn't necessarily know it (assuming you granted the "Photos" permission in the first place).
- ivanhoe 7y agoalso, you don't have to give it access to your photos... it works perfectly fine with just camera access