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Re:FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, directo... by dylan604 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @07:23PM (#47432640)
The greatest part of reading HN is finding out that my distrust of apps and their developers is not weird. It does make me question my abilities as a dev for refusing to partake in these reindeer games. Clearly, I am not the right type of person to do well in big tech.
Re:FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, directo... by autoexec on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @08:12PM (#47433037)
The problem is that it is weird. It's the smart/right thing to do, but countless people mindlessly install whatever they're told to install or whatever looks fun. We hand mobile devices over to children who have no idea why they shouldn't, but honestly many adults are just as ignorant and trusting.

Most people I've spoken with are either thinking "Apple/Google/Government would never allow apps to do something like that!" or they think "Everyone is already doing it so why bother trying to fight it. I'd only be inconveniencing myself for nothing"