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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by jasonjayr on Sunday February 15, 2026 @12:14PM (#47025425)
They require a phone that can log into an App store, so unless parents can work around that, then yes?
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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by jjulius on Sunday February 15, 2026 @01:27PM (#47026048)
Nonsense. My kid just started kindergarten this past year - I've never been required to log into ParentSquare through a GMail address and I have only ever accessed it through a browser on a laptop.

(Damn, I failed at my attempt to stop posting.)

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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by joquarky on Sunday February 15, 2026 @02:44PM (#47026802)
The web is no better than phone apps when it comes to data gathering. Maybe the data is a little fuzzier, but you can be assured it's being gathered all the same as it is in phone apps.
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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by prmoustache on Sunday February 15, 2026 @08:24PM (#47029777)
Yes it is.

It is not perfect but you have much more control on which domain you connect to and/or which js you execute.

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