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> As far as I can tell this is just another third party launcher with the same privacy implications as any app that has GPS permissions. Except for the part wh

> As far as I can tell this is just another third party launcher with the same privacy implications as any app that has GPS permissions. Except for the part where no other app collects or maintains anywhere near as much data about your personal history, your friends, what you look like, what your friends look like, what you like, what your friends like, who you talk to, what you talk about, what your friends talk about, which services you subscribe to, where you went to school, where you worked, when you worked, when you graduated, when you began a relationship, when you ended a relationship, your sexual preferences... I could keep going.

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mattmaroon 14y ago
Facebook already has that data and gives most of it away via connect to third parties with a click. If you're already using Facebook, and using location-based apps, then getting upset over this is silly.
- danilocampos 14y ago
  You're free to feel any way you'd like. I don't have a strong opinion. That said – Facebook's long record of privacy over-reaches is well established. My hunch is that given the high value a smartphone, and its data, has in people's lives, a position of caution is probably a lot more reasonable than plugging one's ears and saying "Everything is going to be just fine." Software is changeable. Who knows what they'll do once they're entrenched. Who knows what will become possible.
freehunter 14y ago
Well, any other app could. Facebook is not exclusive in having access to this information, they're just one of the few asking you for it. Every other app could ask for it as well.
- danilocampos 14y ago
  > Every other app could ask for it as well. They really couldn't. Facebook benefits from network effects they've spent years building. You pour data into Facebook because your friends are there. Other apps would find the same data much harder to collect at scale. Regardless, this isn't a hypothetical could situation. Facebook is real. And Facebook does these things. More successfully than anyone else. And now they want to saddle up on your phone's most-used piece of UI. All that data, floating past that one crucial screen. Now. That's a big responsibility for a company with a less-than-stellar track record on privacy.

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mattmaroon 14y ago

Facebook already has that data and gives most of it away via connect to third parties with a click. If you're already using Facebook, and using location-based apps, then getting upset over this is silly.

danilocampos 14y ago
You're free to feel any way you'd like. I don't have a strong opinion. That said – Facebook's long record of privacy over-reaches is well established. My hunch is that given the high value a smartphone, and its data, has in people's lives, a position of caution is probably a lot more reasonable than plugging one's ears and saying "Everything is going to be just fine." Software is changeable. Who knows what they'll do once they're entrenched. Who knows what will become possible.

freehunter 14y ago

Well, any other app could. Facebook is not exclusive in having access to this information, they're just one of the few asking you for it. Every other app could ask for it as well.

danilocampos 14y ago
> Every other app could ask for it as well. They really couldn't. Facebook benefits from network effects they've spent years building. You pour data into Facebook because your friends are there. Other apps would find the same data much harder to collect at scale. Regardless, this isn't a hypothetical could situation. Facebook is real. And Facebook does these things. More successfully than anyone else. And now they want to saddle up on your phone's most-used piece of UI. All that data, floating past that one crucial screen. Now. That's a big responsibility for a company with a less-than-stellar track record on privacy.