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[-] automater@lemmy.one 130 points 1 year ago

So many people are going to sign up and never look at this once.

[-] Lyxea@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

and that's probably the scariest part

[-] Pips@lemmy.film 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What's crazy is even Instagram and WhatsApp don't have this many permissions.

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[-] 2Xtreme21@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago

Yeah this is truly insane. This will never be on my phone. It also helps that Europe thinks this is bullshit as well and it’s not available here.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago

It's like a CVS receipt of privacy invasion.

[-] musicalcactus@midwest.social 49 points 1 year ago

Why are they collecting financial information??

[-] Lyxea@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

they want everything... even they got banned in Europe because of this

[-] nottheengineer@feddit.de 71 points 1 year ago

They weren't banned, they just preemptively pulled out because they knew they couldn't pull this shit in europe.

[-] Lyxea@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago
[-] waz@feddit.uk 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Available in the U.K. Brexit was such a bad idea. Smh

[-] Sheltac@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Is this what convinced you of that?

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[-] crscardellino@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And why Health and Fitness?

[-] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

Biometric data.

[-] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Id guess adspace for rich people can be sold at a premium.

Because of in app purchases and commerce? Of all the things in this list that is the least surprising.

[-] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 29 points 1 year ago

YSK Meta is also a threat to the privacy of fediverse users, if there are fediverse instances that remain federated with Meta.

Ross Schulman, senior fellow for decentralization at digital rights nonprofit the Electronic Frontier Foundation, notes that if Threads emerges as a massive player in the fediverse, there could be concerns about what he calls “social graph slurping." Meta will know who all of its users interact with and follow within Threads, and it will also be able to see who its users follow in the broader fediverse. And if Threads builds up anywhere near the reach of other Meta platforms, just this little slice of life would give the company a fairly expansive view of interactions beyond its borders.

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-threads-privacy-decentralization/

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[-] A10@kerala.party 21 points 1 year ago

What a nightmare I wish My family stopped using meta apps

[-] danileonis@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

WhatsApp is the real drama.

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

People should use Signal instead. I don't care if anybody doesn't like it, it's what I use and if you want to talk to me you'll fuckin' use it.

Never installing any Facebook garbage apps.

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[-] nigh7y@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

Meta apps and shady Flashlight/Calculator apps, the two at 80mph, who wins?

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[-] somnuz@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

I am so happy that I’ve deleted my facebook account about 5 years ago and never since then used any app from Zuckercamp.

I still have to make a few more accounts with one of my proton mail addresses and I will de-google myself almost completely, with only youtube as an exception.

For now.

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[-] Skintdragoon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I love that it states that you can request for your data to be deleted with no explicit wording stating that it will be

[-] Thedogspaw@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago

You can request we delete your data and maybe we will lie and say we did when we didn't actually and maybe we will just tell you to fuck off in nice corporate language but either way you can rest safely knowing we won't delete your data and will probably let it be stolen by black market hackers

[-] Fer24@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Beuatiful spyware

[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Fuck Facebook.

[-] NettoHikari@social.fossware.space 12 points 1 year ago

You... are shocked about that? Really?

[-] loopy@vlemmy.net 11 points 1 year ago
[-] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

That is just… not something I’d ever want to even come near, much less touch with a 10 foot pole.

[-] CoupleOfConcerns@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago

What do you expect from an app named after the notoriously grim British movie about a nuclear holocaust.

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[-] RowdyRaider79@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Just a reminder for anyone using Facebook and Facebook messenger,they are separate apps and you need to set permissions to your liking on them separately. By default they both have pretty much everything enabled.

[-] JamesMowery@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Not touching that. Haha.

[-] Retirix_YT@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Can’t download it in the EU anyway. Probably for the best

[-] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why are people so surprised? Did you expect anything less?

And then idiot YouTubers and other shills be like "oooh look at all my engagement" and shrug this shit off at most.

[-] Spacebar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

If server admins federate with Meta, I will be looking for a new server.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

So, a standard Meta app.

[-] Sabakodgo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I am surprised the font is not tiny.

[-] B20bob@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This list looks about right to me

[-] richyawyingtmv@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Holy fuck

This should not be allowed. Anywhere. This is insane and scary, considering the vast majority will simply not give a shit and install anyway.

[-] unerds@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Would an android user not be able to restrict the vast majority of these pulls?

[-] electromage@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Yes, I have achieved this by not installing any meta apps.

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[-] AceSLS@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

Sure, but many apps will refuse to work when not giving in to their demands. If an app does that I uninstall it faster than I installed it though

[-] Thedogspaw@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

Meta being meta

[-] FuccDiss@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Can you opt-out in the drop down?

[-] kevincox@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

app store: Please check your data security failures.

facebook: thinks

facebook: I'll take the lot!

[-] aquapete@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I fell for the hype and down loaded to see what it was about. I didn’t read that!! What does the financial info mean? What level of detail do they have access to? Like for credit score is that info on my phone or are they getting access to a credit card app? Stealing info while I’m logged into app?

[-] Lyxea@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

They can even read which apps you have installed in your phone

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

What OS is that? Graphene? That feature looks hella handy

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