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The Zuck suck is in full swing. (social.fossware.space)

In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like "headphone status" and "screen density."

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

including voice

how else would facebook live and such work?

i mean some of these makes sense

but its also a question of ... does the app use all these things, all the time?

do we know?

On my mac i have to allow discord to record my voice etc. if i dont, i can still use the app but i cant talk in a voice call, and such.

i'd like if apps did similar, on phones. they'd work but some functions would just be unavailable

[-] Lemon@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A year ago or so when I wanted to check what Facebook had on me, so I requested my data. The document I got from them also included what apps I used at what times. I don't mean Facebook apps, I saw at what times I used apps such as Discord and countless other apps I have on my phone.

I am guessing Google has given Facebook special permissions to access more features and data on user devices without prompting too. An average app developer has to ask for each and every permission, but Facebook can afford to pay Google for some questionable deals regarding privacy.

[-] sv1sjp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Actually, apps can check how many times other apps have been opened without any special permission. You can create a Work Profile with applications like Shelter and install all of these spyware there!

[-] squidman64@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

i'd like if apps did similar, on phones. they'd work but some functions would just be unavailable

Both Android and iPhones let you do this last I checked

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