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Re:Are apps even that relevant anymore? by api on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:42PM (#24335726)
I try avoid installing apps unless it's something I really want and the app is far better than the web site. Apps these days are loaded with spyware. I assume that any mobile app will track me as much as it can possibly get away with. It's almost like voluntarily installing malware.

Web sites track too of course, but their capacity to do so is more limited. I fully revoke location, camera, and microphone from the browser, so all it can do is track me on the web and get a very rough idea of location via GeoIP. Desktop apps can also track, but mobile offers a lot more intimate information (especially location) and is constantly connected.

Re:Are apps even that relevant anymore? by endemic on Monday August 31, 2020 @07:11PM (#24336809)
Yeah, native apps are basically a black box in terms of what data gets “sent home.” At least with blockers such as uBlock Origin, scripts/requests directly from known tracking domains are denied.
Re:Are apps even that relevant anymore? by nachochickens1 on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:57PM (#24335861)
There was a video I saw recently where Tik Tok was spamming the copy from clipboard feature and it was appearing as a notification on iOS devices - kinda creeped me out.