New study shows that the default apps collect data even when supposedly disabled, and this is hard to switch off

  • TheFriar@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Wow, how incredibly annoying. They discuss “the proper way” to protect your privacy throughout the entire article, clearly making it known that the researchers had the process and we’re seeing if people could figure it out and then…they don’t share it.

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    1 year ago

    *privacy from everyone except us, which conveniently makes our ad revenue line go up.

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    1 year ago

    Thanks to grapheneos, I don’t have to worry about such things 🥳