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You know how we always hear about basic flashlight apps that get used to run advertising click farms in the background, or Flappy Bird knockoffs that collect de
by spondylosaurus 2y ago
You know how we always hear about basic flashlight apps that get used to run advertising click farms in the background, or Flappy Bird knockoffs that collect detailed location data and have access to your photo gallery?
I'm with you on this one. In a perfect world it would be evident that a simple little app isn't doing anything nefarious, but... clearly even a screensaver app can be a front for some nasty shit. Making your good intentions explicit can only help!
- WesolyKubeczek 2y ago> You know how we always hear about basic flashlight apps that get used to run advertising click farms in the background, or Flappy Bird knockoffs that collect detailed location data and have access to your photo gallery? But they would sure not be lying in their privacy policy, right?
- spondylosaurus 2y agoHa, good point. I'd actually be curious whether those apps had (bogus) privacy policies or just went without altogether.