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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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