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This has nothing to do with the security of APIs. Meta has been requesting things like access to all Messages, Photos, Call Logs etc under the guise of interop
by threeseed 2y ago
This has nothing to do with the security of APIs.
Meta has been requesting things like access to all Messages, Photos, Call Logs etc under the guise of interoperability but which would be an unprecedented gift of private data.
- bigyabai 2y agoMeta already profiles and molests the data of iOS users in Safari. Apple can try to play superhero net-nanny for their userbase, but the choice to give a company your data is a deliberate choice. After all, you can't use either MacOS or iOS without agreeing to Apple's own EULA. It's facetious to pretend that Facebook users aren't aware of what they're getting into post Cambridge Analytica. Apple has no right to moderate what iPhone users run on their hardware any more than they can on Mac. That includes borderline malware like Avast Antivirus and the Facebook app.
- threeseed 2y agoPlease enlighten me how Meta has access to my call logs, messages etc. They don't. These are entirely new datasets.
- bigyabai 2y agoThey buy it from your telecom provider for pennies on the dollar, then connect your phone number to the shadow profile associated with your identity scraped from your friend's posts, photos and uploaded contact info. Very common in regulatory derelict-states like the US. The solution is consumer protections, not begging for a stronger corporate nanny.
- threeseed 2y agoa) We are talking about EU not US. b) No telecom provider has access to my photos, messages etc.