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The fact that apps have permissions settings has lulled you into a false sense of confidence.
by everdrive 11mo ago
The fact that apps have permissions settings has lulled you into a false sense of confidence.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoYou realize that the same OS settings also are used to enable websites to read your GPS, camera and microphone? If you don’t trust your operating system to follow your instructions when using an app, then why do you trust the same operating system with your browser? Do you have any evidence to support your conspiracy theory?
- everdrive 11mo agoThis was one such example: https://medium.com/@infinityTime/facebooks-hidden-android-tracking-a-new-loophole-exposed-a4d548bd5656 https://medium.com/@infinityTime/facebooks-hidden-android-tr...
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoThen don’t use Android??? If you care about your privacy why would you use a phone with an OS created by an adtech company?
- dvrj101 11mo agowhy would adtech companies pay apple millions to keep their app as default option if it was not for getting data . Same thing but hey it requires common sense.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoSo you don’t see the difference in using Google as your default search engine where Google can only track you when you are searching on their website and having them control your entire OS?
- everdrive 11mo agoI'm not sure if the browser vs. an app has access to the accelerometer, but this is another case where something on the phone provides information that a normal desktop would not: "Researchers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk warn that 'Facebook reads accelerometer data all the time. If you don't allow Facebook access to your location, the app can still infer your exact location only by grouping you with users matching the same vibration pattern that your phone accelerometer records.'" “Although the accelerometer data seems to be innocuous,” Mysk says, “it's jaw-dropping what apps can make up of these measurements. Apps can figure out the user's heart rate, movements, and even precise location. Worse, all iOS apps can read the measurements of this sensor without permission. In other words, the user wouldn't know if an app is measuring their heart rate while using the app.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/10/23/apple-iphone-users-delete-facebook-app-after-new-tracking-warning/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/10/23/apple-iph...
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoAnd there is also a standardized method to read the accelerometer from the browser. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Accelerometer https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Acceleromet...
- everdrive 11mo agoYes, but also browsing the web from your phone is stupid and no one should do it.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo ago65% of browser traffic comes from mobile and 95% use mobile for browsing sometimes according to a quick internet search. What should they be doing, carrying around their laptop with them?
- everdrive 11mo agoWait until you're home to browse the internet. I'm such much of that browsing was just boredom. If any of it was important, it could have either been planned ahead of time, or you could have just waited until you got home. If it were so important you'd remember it when you got home to a real computer.