The most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter

Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by snowwrestler on Monday November 07, 2022 @05:33PM (#33513504)

I typically prefer app UI and use permissions to control my data. If I set iOS to deny location data to Twitter, then Twitter cannot log my location even if the mobile app runs code to do so.

There is a lot that a website can do to profile you too.

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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by gernb on Monday November 07, 2022 @05:52PM (#33513680)

There is absolutely nothing a website can do that an app can't. Apps can do more to profile you than a website.

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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by mwint on Monday November 07, 2022 @08:13PM (#33514822)

While I agree in principle, wouldn’t it be true that cookies from e.g. Safari aren’t going to be readable by an external app, the way they could be from an iframe or whatever the cross-site tracking tricks are today?

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Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki... by TingPing on Monday November 07, 2022 @10:55PM (#33515716)

A website can't do what you think it can.

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