• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    5 months ago

    I can’t even imagine what data there is to collect for an application this simple.

    That privacy policy better be really short.

    On the bright side, a simple calculator ought to have plenty of free and open source alternatives that don’t harvest any data.

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      Your calculator would like access to your contacts.

      Your calculator would like permission to send and receive phone calls.

      Your calculator would like permission to view and delete emails.

      Please click AGREE to proceed.

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      Well, everything else that’s not calculations.

      This is why everyone is trying to have their app installed, there’s a lot of information that the phone provides, and now you no longer get warned what data is available.

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      That privacy policy better be really short.

      Clicking through to the policy from within the app just sends you to the general policy across Google. Very long.

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      I believe it’s about how often the app is used. Advertisers label people with “gullible” and stuff like this, so when you use a calculator regularly, that may be a hint that you are not.

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          True. In the end, they are gonna use some statistical methods to find what is more true. Using also all the other data they have about you.