cross-posted from: https://feddit.ch/post/91950

Meta is one of the biggest privacy offenders, not suprising that they already seem to break EU privacy law.

Some section sof the article:

Upcoming data privacy regulations are preventing Meta’s new microblogging app “Threads” from launching in European Union (EU) markets. Experts say this is only the beginning of the privacy battle facing te Twitter clone.

Judging by its entry in the Apple app store, it’s no wonder that Threads is being shielded from EU scrutiny. Browsing history, geolocations, health and financial information, and much more are all up for grabs. There’s even a dedicated category for “sensitive information” which, according to Apple’s documentation, includes “racial or ethnic data, sexual orientation, pregnancy or childbirth information, disability, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, political opinion, genetic information, or biometric data.”

  • animist
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    1 year ago

    Speaking of privacy nightmare, I opened this link in a browser with Noscript and there are TWENTY TWO SCRIPTS trying to run on this one page. That is the second worst I have ever seen.

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      1 year ago

      my adblocker and tracker blocker refused to load the page. it just came up blank. i had to use reader view to see the article, lol.

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      1 year ago

      What a weird way to quantify what’s being run. You could combine all 22 into a single script and the same stuff would be run

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        1 year ago

        Lots of websites seem to be doing it these days. The worst I’ve seen is CNN, which has over 40 per page.