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Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Post by sizzle » Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 1:04 AM UTC

zionic wrote: post #673

sizzle wrote: post #632

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Wow never heard of the embedded secret key on you iOS keychain after you uninstalled the app. Is this legal to fingerprint your AppleID like this?? Can you view your iOS keychain and wipe any fingerprinting bs apps leave behind or feed them poisoned data to dissociate your AppleID?

No, there’s no way for you to view it. Apps can spin up a new keychain that iCloud will sync and you can put arbitrary strings in there. The user has no idea. I’ve used it myself to persist auth tokens.

That’s nuts thanks for the info, I hope this becomes a bigger topic of discussion on HN

Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Post by garfieldnate » Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 2:47 PM UTC

999900000999 wrote: post #106

By far the best part is they didn't automatically cancel his subscription. What a horrible company, if you've banned my account that's fine but cancel the subscription and refund my money. If y'all haven't looked at it yet, read up on the FCC's filing against Match. They knowingly prompt up tons of fake profiles, to get you engaged. Horrifically this has lead to romance scams being the number one source of fraud in t…

Would love to hear more details on these horrifying experiences if you're open to sharing. It's good to know what to be careful for.

Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Post by llampx » Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 7:15 PM UTC

unyttigfjelltol wrote: post #567

TomSwirly wrote: post #566

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So let me get this straight. You think a contract where one party can unilaterally cancel, present no evidence to anyone, and keep the money paid is somehow fair and just?

It goes both ways-- do we think a contract with a fixed guaranteed term can be canceled with refund simply because the consumer decided to violate the terms of service? This is what courts are for, and the fact they aren't involved here is the basic problem.

When TOSs can have any looney language in them and are by definition adhesion contracts, I don't see them as particularly sacrosant.

Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Post by chaosharmonic » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 7:07 PM UTC

colmvp wrote: post #85

throwuxiytayq wrote: post #53

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How many Tinders is there? In my country they's pretty much only it, none of the other apps have any users (especially in my age range). I'm also "kinda" banned on Tinder btw - or rather, my account got in an unusable state due to some bug, or an interaction between multiple bugs. The app literally barely works . How pathetic for a company this size. I feel sorry for anyone who has to work on their code base.

Really? In my area, single people also use Hinge, Bumble, CoffeeMeetsBagel, OKCupid, POF, Match... I'm fugly as hell but even I was able to find someone on a non-Tinder platform.

> Hinge, OKCupid, POF, Match

All of these are owned by Match Group, the same parent company as Tinder.