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‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners

www.theguardian.com

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‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners

www.theguardian.com

@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months ago
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From loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply parking your car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of apps
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    everyone wants to force you to use apps instead of websites, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of apps are just websites…in a app wrapper, because normal websites and normal browsers have inbuilt protections for you.

    Apps don’t.

    Idiots install apps, give them the 400,000 permissions they ask for, then go on their merry way…ignorant to the fact that they just installed a data vacuum on their phone thats siphoning everything off of it to be used and sold and resold for marketing purposes… Even the phone itself its not safe, cause its sitting there, listening to your conversations, even when not on a call, to more “Accurately” spam you with bullshit.

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      because normal websites and normal browsers have inbuilt protections for you.

      Ding ding ding.

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      Yep, 100%. That digital coupon is you getting paid $0.33 for the data they collected from you.

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      This is why I install such shit only if i have to, and only on vm

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      Phones are not listening and if you have proof post it. No security researcher has ever posted this.

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        [https://youtu.be/0dGqR4ue8dg?si=tA1s-S3jdz2SwEoo](Idk i trust Snowden’s take on this over yours)

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        5•3 months ago

        See:

        • MindShift
        • Cox Media Group (Alternative non-subscriberwalled link here)
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        yeah yeah, people said the same thing about google home and amazon alexa for years… until data leaks proved that was a lie, too.

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        It’s called “Active Listening”

        https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/

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