Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account

Post by crazy1van » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 1:36 PM UTC

matheusmoreira wrote: post #329

HenryBemis wrote: post #322

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It is their right to run their business as they see fit, and it is our right to not use them. It is the deception we do not allow (any more) with GDPR.

> It is their right to run their business as they see fit It absolutely isn't. We want to use services but we do not want to be subjected to surveillance capitalism. Privacy is more important than some business and if it can't operate without being invasive it should fail. If they insist on being hostile and tracking people despite their wishes, people will use the product anyway and they will find a way to break the…

Post by joelhaasnoot » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 1:49 PM UTC

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> I really wish Apple would put an end to this. This is what really gives lie to the whole walled garden thing. Its selling point is supposed to be in Apple preventing things like this, but here we are in reality and they don't. Meanwhile they do e.g. prevent Signal from replacing Apple's default app for SMS, which has no purpose other than to create barriers for cross-platform competitors to the default apps.

Its incredible how blocking changing the default app on iOS isn't illegal. Its obviously insanely anti competitive.

Post by catacombs » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 1:50 PM UTC

adam_fallon_ wrote: post #171

godelski wrote: post #2

> There is nothing in the privacy policy that addresses [that data is being sent to Facebook] > The Zoom app notifies Facebook when the user opens the app, details on the user's device such as the model, the time zone and city they are connecting from, which phone carrier they are using, and a unique advertiser identifier created by the user's device which companies can use to target a user with advertisements So Zoo…

One thing i'll note here as to a potential reason why they do this I just recently attempted to set up Facebook adverts for an app I developed. When it came time for me to set the metric up I obviously chose "App Installs" as my metric to track. To do this, Facebook told me I needed to install the Facebook SDK in my app to attribute an adverts conversion. I didn't end up running the ad, but I can see why companies po…

Post by fmjrey » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 2:01 PM UTC

panpanna wrote: post #290

fmjrey wrote: post #17

On Android the first thing you notice when you install a firewall such as NetGuard is the amount of applications that try to access facebook servers. It's mind boggling, probably 50% are doing so. And I'm not even on facebook at all.

NetGuard is fantastic, but is there a way to automatically disable trackings sites without selecting them manually for every app? It could for example use the ublock lists for automated blocking of all known trackers.

Post by orasis » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 2:43 PM UTC

godelski wrote: post #2

> There is nothing in the privacy policy that addresses [that data is being sent to Facebook] > The Zoom app notifies Facebook when the user opens the app, details on the user's device such as the model, the time zone and city they are connecting from, which phone carrier they are using, and a unique advertiser identifier created by the user's device which companies can use to target a user with advertisements So Zoo…