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Re:How mobile apps illegally share your personal data by mdp2021 on Thursday September 14, 2023 @05:51AM (#37506889)
It's actually a bit trickier than I am about to present it, but: is it possible that you did not suspect that an "alarm clock" should need no Internet permissions?
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Re:How mobile apps illegally share your personal data by dspillett on Thursday September 14, 2023 @06:07AM (#37506990)
It was described as an “alarm/weather widget” - the weather portion would need network access to get uptodate forcast data so that wouldn't seem odd.
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