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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by drnick1 on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @03:24PM (#47238418)
> Last time I installed Backdrops on my phone (a nice wallpaper app), you would literally approve hundreds of uses of your data

Why are you using that malware? Is a "nice wallpaper" worth the security risks? Really?

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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by microtonal on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @06:48AM (#47246138)
By that definition the majority of apps is malware. This was just one example, a lot of apps have an insane number of trackers. It was just to illustrate that even the simplest of apps do this.
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