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This makes a lot of sense. If an app needs my data to improve my experience (and only mine), then feeding it fake data should only degrade my experience. It sho
by jwr 3y ago
This makes a lot of sense. If an app needs my data to improve my experience (and only mine), then feeding it fake data should only degrade my experience. It shouldn't matter to the app developers/authors/owners.
But if (as in most cases) the goal is to data-mine me, fake data should work nicely to impede that.
Of course it won't matter for things like WhatsApp, where people happily sync their entire list of contacts with Facebook/Meta just to have a slightly nicer messaging experience.
- sircastor 3y ago>Of course it won't matter for things like WhatsApp, where people happily sync their entire list of contacts with Facebook/Meta just to have a slightly nicer messaging experience. I was very unhappy to have to do this, but it wasn’t a slightly nicer experience. The app and the service are only marginally usable until you do this. (At least on mobile)