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For what it’s worth, I know FB/IG spies on me and avoid installing their apps, whereas I’d feel much safer with a small app like yours.

by tonmoy 4y ago

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
Same here. I only use Facebook and IG websites on mobile.
justapassenger 4y ago
Counter argument - small apps _usually_ have much more trackers, coming from many different sources. As a result, your data is syphoned to many dozens of entities, and each of the faces less scrutiny than FB/IG.
- arrosenberg 4y ago
  Small apps should face less scrutiny than billion dollar companies. It's much easier to regulate Segment, Google and Facebook than doing it to every small business in America.
  - justapassenger 4y ago
    From regulations point of view - sure. Which is also the reason why big tech is general better with privacy, as weird as it may sound. If you care about privacy, small apps are much more dangerous (on average of course). Have you seen data practices from smaller data brokers vs big tech? Big tech uses your data, but they try to protect it (with various levels of success), as it’s more valuable to them. Small data brokers literally sell everything (and not like big tech, where they sell you services that utilize it, but raw data) they can, directly, to anyone.
    - arrosenberg 4y ago
      That sounds like what Google's PR department would say, right before their lobbying arm turns around and promotes a data privacy law that absolutely obliterates citizen rights. The smaller data broker can't afford the privacy-compromising lobbyist department, so I would still rate them less dangerous for privacy overall. I'm not even sure the big companies do a better job, it's certainly more damaging when it goes badly (e.g. Equifax)
      - pyuser583 4y ago
        Google and Facebook are pretty good about letting you control your data. You can delete it, not have it stored, not have it used, etc. Reddit is terrible, and Twitter is middle ground.

For what it’s worth, I know FB/IG spies on me and avoid installing their apps, whereas I’d feel much safer with a small app like yours.

by tonmoy 4y ago

For what it’s worth, I know FB/IG spies on me and avoid installing their apps, whereas I’d feel much safer with a small app like yours.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago

Same here. I only use Facebook and IG websites on mobile.

justapassenger 4y ago

Counter argument - small apps _usually_ have much more trackers, coming from many different sources. As a result, your data is syphoned to many dozens of entities, and each of the faces less scrutiny than FB/IG.

arrosenberg 4y ago
Small apps should face less scrutiny than billion dollar companies. It's much easier to regulate Segment, Google and Facebook than doing it to every small business in America.
- justapassenger 4y ago
  From regulations point of view - sure. Which is also the reason why big tech is general better with privacy, as weird as it may sound. If you care about privacy, small apps are much more dangerous (on average of course). Have you seen data practices from smaller data brokers vs big tech? Big tech uses your data, but they try to protect it (with various levels of success), as it’s more valuable to them. Small data brokers literally sell everything (and not like big tech, where they sell you services that utilize it, but raw data) they can, directly, to anyone.
  - arrosenberg 4y ago
    That sounds like what Google's PR department would say, right before their lobbying arm turns around and promotes a data privacy law that absolutely obliterates citizen rights. The smaller data broker can't afford the privacy-compromising lobbyist department, so I would still rate them less dangerous for privacy overall. I'm not even sure the big companies do a better job, it's certainly more damaging when it goes badly (e.g. Equifax)
    - pyuser583 4y ago
      Google and Facebook are pretty good about letting you control your data. You can delete it, not have it stored, not have it used, etc. Reddit is terrible, and Twitter is middle ground.