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Re:What HHS Has to Say About Tracking Technologies in Latest... by ThePowerOfFuet on Thursday January 05, 2023 @01:00AM (#34256615)
> I have been involved in a EU-based HealthTech that had the Facebook SDK (and maybe others too) in the app that fingerprinted the device and pinged Facebook on each run, without user consent nor adequate disclosure (buried in the privacy policy doesn't apply, nor was the privacy policy granular enough about the fingerprinting because Facebook itself doesn't publish any details on it).

Name and shame?

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Re:What HHS Has to Say About Tracking Technologies in Latest... by Nextgrid on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:41AM (#34257781)
I'd name and shame if this was a one-off (frankly if it was I'd raise it internally and they'd fix it) but given that all apps are like this my best advice would be to avoid all "healthtech" apps to begin with and use them through a browser (with good ad-blocker) if really necessary.
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Re:What HHS Has to Say About Tracking Technologies in Latest... by ThePowerOfFuet on Friday January 06, 2023 @12:34AM (#34271377)
If nobody makes the first move, the status quo is maintained.

Name and shame.

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