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Maybe I'm cynical, but this looks more like a data hording scheme than a protect my privacy enhancement. If I use Google to sign in, Google and the app has that data and can monetize it. Now if I sign in using Apple, they are going to have the data to monetize. They may keep the app from getting my information, but that means that their data is better than someone else's data, so it is more valuable. Also, they are g…
Disposable, anonymous email forwarding is a massive step forward for privacy. I know we've all been doing it for a while, but this on a consumer level is fantastic.
Disposable, anonymous email forwarding is a massive step forward for privacy. I know we've all been doing it for a while, but this on a consumer level is fantastic.
If you don’t use apple, I just built this as a stand-alone product: https://idbloc.co
Maybe I'm cynical, but this looks more like a data hording scheme than a protect my privacy enhancement. If I use Google to sign in, Google and the app has that data and can monetize it. Now if I sign in using Apple, they are going to have the data to monetize. They may keep the app from getting my information, but that means that their data is better than someone else's data, so it is more valuable. Also, they are g…
Who do you trust more _not_ to do sketchy stuff with your data, Apple or Google? For me it's unequivocally Apple.
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I wonder how many poorly designed database schemas this will break that used email as a primary key/id.
I don't think you'll find much sympathy for someone who's software would break on such a change. That sounds broken already.
Some sites now seem to check whether an address is valid from some database or heuristic, because a random email with a valid domain is still rejected.
If you want to know if a purported email address is deliverable, try to deliver email to it.
Maybe I'm cynical, but this looks more like a data hording scheme than a protect my privacy enhancement. If I use Google to sign in, Google and the app has that data and can monetize it. Now if I sign in using Apple, they are going to have the data to monetize. They may keep the app from getting my information, but that means that their data is better than someone else's data, so it is more valuable. Also, they are g…
Who do you trust more _not_ to do sketchy stuff with your data, Apple or Google? For me it's unequivocally Apple.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Who do you trust more _not_ to do sketchy stuff with your data, Apple or Google? For me it's unequivocally Apple.
Problem is, today I agree, 10 years ago it would've been a tossup, and 5 years from now, who knows? These "trusted central broker" privacy models are nicer than giving your info to dozens of individual actors (when you trust that central broker more than anyone else), but they also become a single point of attack/failure.
Privacy BS. This is their way of tracking you around the web.
Why would they need to do this?
Only difference is Apple won’t sell it, just use it to refine its product service mix. Google/FB do both besides preempting/ buying emerging competitors.
Maybe I'm cynical, but this looks more like a data hording scheme than a protect my privacy enhancement. If I use Google to sign in, Google and the app has that data and can monetize it. Now if I sign in using Apple, they are going to have the data to monetize. They may keep the app from getting my information, but that means that their data is better than someone else's data, so it is more valuable. Also, they are g…
Who do you trust more _not_ to do sketchy stuff with your data, Apple or Google? For me it's unequivocally Apple.
And the issue with trusting any entity with data isn't really what it will do with it today. The bigger problem is what the entity will do with it tomorrow - under new leadership.
It might also be interesting to know that Apple is also in the business of selling "relevant adds". Its a tiny amount if compared to Google, but gives them the same incentives if the platform ever became the most used one around the globe. That danger is basically nonexistent considering the pricing of Apple devices but makes most claims of apples trustworthiness pretty hollow.
Some of Apple's services use end-to-end encryption. That makes them better from a privacy angle than Google for example... But still... Don't trust multinational corporations. That can never end well