fearout to Fediverse@kbin.social • edit-21 year agoFull, expanded list of all the data points and their purposes that Meta's Threads collect and link to user accounts. It's even more insane than you might've thought.media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1119
arrow-up1119imageFull, expanded list of all the data points and their purposes that Meta's Threads collect and link to user accounts. It's even more insane than you might've thought.media.kbin.socialfearout to Fediverse@kbin.social • edit-21 year agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squarefearoutOPlinkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoYou can block some things (like location data), but a lot of it is only moderated using an “Ask app not to track” button, which is more lenient.
minus-squaremizzyclinkfedilink2•1 year agoI didn’t know there was a button like that! Where can I find it on Android?
minus-squarefearoutOPlinkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoI was talking about iOS, the image in the post is compiled from AppStore screenshots. Here’s a relevant page on Apple’s website. As for Android, I’m not really sure. Probably by installing DuckDuckGo? It runs a local firewall-type thing that blocks known trackers.
minus-square@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•1 year agoYou can find the settings of what a certain app can access in Manage Apps in Settings. The permissions that each app has are listed there. You can revoke some of them, but some apps will just fail to start with all of them revoked.
You can block some things (like location data), but a lot of it is only moderated using an “Ask app not to track” button, which is more lenient.
I didn’t know there was a button like that! Where can I find it on Android?
I was talking about iOS, the image in the post is compiled from AppStore screenshots. Here’s a relevant page on Apple’s website.
As for Android, I’m not really sure. Probably by installing DuckDuckGo? It runs a local firewall-type thing that blocks known trackers.
You can find the settings of what a certain app can access in Manage Apps in Settings. The permissions that each app has are listed there. You can revoke some of them, but some apps will just fail to start with all of them revoked.