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The thread also mentions https://nrkbeta.no/2020/12/03/my-phone-was-spying-on-me-so-i... which would be a better link than twitter.
Thanks, I don't like Twitter for long form content. It's not designed for this.
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The trouble with the GDPR seems to be that it relies on government enforcement. For example the UK's enforcement arm, the ICO, recently found that the adtech industry was in violation of the GDPR, then did nothing: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-ico-must-fix-the-ad... As far as I know, I can't personally sue these companies for this, and if the ICO does nothing then what's the law is meaningless. The follow…
> As far as I know, I can't personally sue these companies for this, and if the ICO does nothing then what's the law is meaningless. Couldn't you sue ICO then?
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/help-us-protect-your-data...
> “I agree,” I pressed. We had now made a binding agreement, the app and I. I hate this whole premise. We have to agree to an incomprehensible text wall of vague legal nonsense, that very often violate our own laws (as in this case), in order to install an app. These illegal contracts are completely void of any meaning, and it should not matter that you "agreed" to be screwed over like that. Being screwed over like t…
I wouldn't over worry about such things. If it was that big of a deal, the government would be "on it". After all, is Democracy not the best mechanism possible for executing the aggregate will of the people? And would the will of the people not be to not be tracked in this manner? I predict this undesirable situation will be eliminated in less than one year - or, in case it is more complicated than it seems (and ther…
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> For the sum of 35,000 NOK (3,300 EUR / 4,000 USD), we got access to location data showing where tens of thousands of Norwegians had travelled in 2019. > One of them was 31-year-old Karl Bjarne Bernhardsen from Stavanger. The information made it easy for us to identify him in the data that – according to the data provider – had been anonymised. Here’s that article: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c…
What causes me the most irritation (to put it mildly) is that I bought the Sygic navigator that seems to be the source of this data. And still they sell my data? Just last week they forced me to agree to some new rules to be able to use the app but I already bought it 7 years ago. I will be requesting my money back as stated by that agreement, and request a GDPR data dump for moving my data to another provider.
https://www.sygic.com/company/eula-gps-navigation-google-pla...
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But this definitely _does_ happen, and most people, even non-tech people are aware of it. There's just some people who refuse to believe it.
If you mean the conspiracy theory, then some proof would be in order. That happening, and most people believing that to happen, are both outlandish claims. Spoiler: it actually does not happen. As the other person commented, snooping like this in scale would leak.
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Battery life, but mostly the topic of the article: apps use it to track you [1]. I always ask myself: why does this app need to communicate with a server if I didn't open the app? For the majority of apps there is no need to do anything while they're asleep. [1] https://www.macobserver.com/news/background-app-refresh-data...
Do iPhones do this if I enable location with "when I use the app" as opposed to "always"?
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If you mean the conspiracy theory, then some proof would be in order. That happening, and most people believing that to happen, are both outlandish claims. Spoiler: it actually does not happen. As the other person commented, snooping like this in scale would leak.
I don't understand this "argument from incredulity". It has leaked - you found out about it. Do you want them to publish an article in NY Times saying "yes, we spy on you all the time"? Do you want a personalized letter? What, exactly, is the form of this "leak" you expect would happen if this were true?
Where?
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I don't understand this "argument from incredulity". It has leaked - you found out about it. Do you want them to publish an article in NY Times saying "yes, we spy on you all the time"? Do you want a personalized letter? What, exactly, is the form of this "leak" you expect would happen if this were true?
> It has leaked - you found out about it. Where?