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submitted 2 years ago by Wander@yiffit.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

Yikes.

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[-] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago

So, what do they not collect?

[-] wabafee@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's missing something first born son I think.

[-] HollowNotion@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Are people really going to sign up for another Meta site? I'm sure as shit not. I finally deleted my Facebook account a couple weeks back, and I'm feelin' free!

[-] Mdidi@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

I assume you wouldn't need to sign up. If you already have a FB or Instagram account, you would just be able to log in directly

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[-] vocornflakes@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago
[-] Peanut_Larry@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Quite literally. What would "Other Data" even be, your inner thoughts?

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[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

I've said it here before and I will say it again: Facebook and Google's entire approach to ads from data is based on an incorrect assumption of using enough data to build a profile on a person to predict what they are going to be interested in, when if you stop and think about it, it doesn't make any sense: people's needs will always change with circumstances at the time, ex. no amount of data in the world will help you predict whether I'll want a burger or Thai food for lunch tomorrow even if you do the digital equivalent of creeping on me outside my window and digging through my trash can. If you want to know what people want to buy, why not ask them?

Unfortunately, they've deluded themselves for more than a decade with the lie, so now the rest of the world also think that internet ads by them actually works.

I'm not going to rag too hard on Facebook here because most thing has been said by others already, but I will say that since literally every single one of their social media product took the same approach of maximize data to sell things, why is it that they are all losing people and their most successful place at selling things is actually Facebook Marketplace?

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[-] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago

Don't allow Zuck and the billionaire anti-democracy tech bros into Federation.

[-] Ashrakx@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago

Well, that's a big nope....

[-] ChonkyManul@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

This. We're all bashing on reddit but the reason why I went to reddit and then here was to take a break from meta-owned social media. They don't only take and sell our data, they also exploit small businesses and creatives by making them pay or post several times a day for "visibility" (translation: not to be shadowbanned) without providing anything back.

[-] desorientado@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

why does need health and fitness? does not make sense but is excessively harvesting data

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[-] beanz00_@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

so basically everything they can get from you?

[-] DanseMacabre@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Not defending this, but isn't this basically also what Instagram (and every other mainstream social media app) takes? Doesn't make it right obviously but considering 99% of users for this thing are coming from Instagram/Facebook in the first place Meta already knows everything about them anyway.

[-] chraqs@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

This app will know whether or not you're circumcised

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[-] boptom@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Click on “see details” link and scroll endlessly through it all.

[-] meatly@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

On android you can take away all permissions though and it still works fortunately. On my phone i didn't give it one single permission. Or is there some way to gather sensitive data anyway for the app?

[-] manned_meatball@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't think these are permissions, just a list of collected data categories. Google Play's equivalent is the "Data Safety" section and lists the data collected, shared with third parties, and security practices in use. Basically just a more readable privacy policy, but agreeing to that by installing the app does not grant the app with the equivalent permissions automatically.

[-] Shippuu@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Is there anything left where they don’t want any permission? Ooof

[-] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

There's some fediverse Instagram clone instances known as pixelfied and plemora, check out fediverse.info

[-] stripes@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 years ago

What the hell is “sensitive info”

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[-] AllGoesUpMustGoDown@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Why does Zuck want to know the browser histories of people on the internet? 😳

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[-] Squiglet@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

When Instagram replacement on Fediverse? Fediverse also needs youtube replacement. Lets go all the way and hit these greedy mfers where it hurts. Unfortunetly my dev skills are poor, but I can offer moral support.

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[-] Alice@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

i don't know why anyone would want to go from something as bad as twitter to a Facebook owned twitter

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[-] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Can anyone explain how these are different from the data Meta already collects from its Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger users? I've been slowly moving my online presence away from Meta products, but I feel like Threads isn't going to do much better than BlueSky, or Hive, or Post, or even our beloved Mastodon.

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