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Yikes.

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[–] vocornflakes@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

So just everything then.

[–] xaxl@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] Ultrawide1654@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow, that's crazy. So "in your face" that they want EVERYTHING

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[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

They’ll create a shadow profile for you without you needing to download this app or use their service.

[–] Pog@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I wonder if this will change the current ToS for Facebook and regular IG

[–] itscozydownhere@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] drawp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Man, it really looks like a lot when you stack it like that!

[–] Severopol@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] clicketycricket@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

On iOS at least, a lot of these (location, contact info, health & fitness, etc), you can deny access to via a popup prompt when the app tries to access them.

It’s a Meta app though so at a bare minimum it’s absolutely going to track the heck out of how you use the app.

[–] Zulico@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I don't know about this particular app, but if I remember right, for a while blocking these requests would actually cause the app to break completely. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the permissions being needed but primarily just to punish people who didn't give them access to their data.

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[–] ndr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is it out? I can’t find it. (Not that I would actually use it lol)

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[–] xaxl@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] shashi154263@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'm sure they are missing some data.

[–] NuclearNoggin@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

this is completely terrifying.

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That’s a no for me dawg

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