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My grocery store wants to know my BMI
(lemmy.world)
If they were interested in my location they could request location data. What are the odds they are doing this to directly market products to people based on health data?
Inb4 “They already do that based on what you regularly purchase”
Of course, yes they do. This appears to be one more layer on top of it. And surely they wouldn’t share that information with the pharmacy, right?
Words cannot express how much I hate phone apps being normalized for every goddamn thing.
It makes you wonder why Google pursues initiatives like Web Environment "Integrity", given that proprietary mobile apps for the most part have already completed the hatchet job on user agency and privacy.
My work place has an app to open the front door. I refuse to use it and will continue to inconvenience myself by using my key.