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Re:Period tracker app spied on me and told advertisers it th... by alexandrerond on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @07:46PM (#21458630)
Pay nothing. Receive really useful features. Avoid reading privacy policy. Get targeted ads.

"omg what about my privacy!"

Always the same thing. You're are getting surveyed because you happily surrendered your personal space for convenience. In many cases there's is no option, but somehow people always complain about the cases where they clicked "I Agree".

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Re:Period tracker app spied on me and told advertisers it th... by ghemsley on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @08:36PM (#21458904)
Privacy policies as designed clearly are not sufficiently warning users about the risks of using certain software then, and something constructive should be done about it instead of victim-blaming.
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