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Re:Doctorow: American tech cartels use apps to break the law by gruez on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @02:50PM (#45519329)
>Finally I understand why when the McDonalds app was introduced it asked for permission to access my contacts

Maybe it did at some point but it's not in the list of permissions on Android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcdonalds....

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Re:Doctorow: American tech cartels use apps to break the law by worik on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @03:30PM (#45519718)
"Financial information " is on the list...

...I am thinking that does not include payslips....

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Re:Doctorow: American tech cartels use apps to break the law by gruez on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @08:03PM (#45521992)
Where do you see "financial information"? It's not on the permissions list
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Re:Doctorow: American tech cartels use apps to break the law by aembleton on Thursday October 09, 2025 @06:02AM (#45525610)
Its under data shared: https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.mcdonal...
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Re:Doctorow: American tech cartels use apps to break the law by gruez on Thursday October 09, 2025 @08:49AM (#45526938)
In that case it's obviously payment info since you can order through the app.
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Re:Doctorow: American tech cartels use apps to break the law by dreamcompiler on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @04:54PM (#45520544)
Interesting. But emails is still there. Wonder what that means.
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