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Apple and Google created individual APIs to serve up phone number, contacts, exact location, device model, time zone, clipboard data, photos, files, and cookies
by geor9e 2y ago
Apple and Google created individual APIs to serve up phone number, contacts, exact location, device model, time zone, clipboard data, photos, files, and cookies to 10 million different random app developers to harvest to their heart's delight. US government passes law against just one of them for using said APIs. Are they going to fix the root of the issue, or just play whack-a-mole forever?
- arunc 2y agoYou know the answer.
- etchalon 2y agoCongress should ban operating systems is a hell of a take.
- ripped_britches 2y agoFavorite comment today, thank you sir/maam
- ilkke 2y agoIf you're going to be ridiculous why stop there? Why not say the OP is implying all electronics should be banned? Or are you arguing that no operating system can exist without tracking and sharing all of this data?
- geor9e 2y agoJust seeing how far we can stretch these strawmen, if you found out httb:/funvideo.ru got root access to your OS, not by any exploits, but by the intentional design of the OS, it's a hell of a take to be mad at funvideo.ru
- Vegenoid 2y agoNot only have they created those APIs, they've actually created hardware devices to collect and store such valuable personal data. Banning certain APIs is just another layer of whack-a-mole - we need them to pull the weed out by its roots!