“We are only collecting the list of applications you have installed.”
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“We are only collecting the list of applications you have installed.”
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#2"App graph". Something about that phrase makes it sound even sneakier, like an innocuous technical thing that has nothing to do with people. Nothing to see here. Just an app graph.
I think I will build a social network where your profile pic is a split screen of your headshot and your exposed genitals. You will use your real name, home address, and cell phone number, and frequently upload your credit card statements.
This way, we can all just get it over with already.
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#3That sounds rather scummy. Any time you are collecting information unrelated to your own application is inexcusable.
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#4I wonder if the Twitter app will also be removed from the Apple Store due to using "public APIs in a manner nor prescribed by Apple." Hint: it won't.
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#5Apple should ban the app for this, right?
http://danielamitay.com/blog/2015/5/29/shutting-down-a-500mm...
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#6"We will notify you about this feature being turned on for your account by showing a prompt letting you know that to help tailor your experience, Twitter uses the apps on your device. Until you see this prompt, this setting is turned off and we are not collecting a list of your apps. If you do not see Tailor Twitter based on my apps in your account settings, app graph collection is not occurring for your account."
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#7I do not trust Twitter to do the right thing with the special level of trust Apple has granted them.
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#8"App graph". Something about that phrase makes it sound even sneakier, like an innocuous technical thing that has nothing to do with people. Nothing to see here. Just an app graph. I think I will build a social network where your profile pic is a split screen of your headshot and your exposed genitals. You will use your real name, home address, and cell phone number, and frequently upload your credit card statements.…
Hah! That cracked me up
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#9Simply put: if you have to setup a help page like this, you probably shouldn't have added such feature first place.
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#10This is such bullshit. I refuse to use any app that does this kind of snooping. Twitter ought to be ashamed of itself.