ZeroCooltoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·7 months agoUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users(arstechnica.com)external-linkarrow-up1623arrow-down116message-square334 fedilink
arrow-up1607arrow-down1external-linkUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users(arstechnica.com)ZeroCooltoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·7 months agomessage-square334 fedilink
minus-squarespacecowboyEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·7 months agolinkfedilinkNo it isn’t. When you download the app you let them have the following information/data about you: Purchases, location, contacts, search history, identifiers (!!), diagnostics, financial info, contact info, user content, browsing history, and usage data. Please tell us how any of that is “anonymous”.
minus-squareVespairEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·7 months agolinkfedilinkCool dude, you’ve identified that big corporations data farm. Random bloke user with a vendetta still doesn’t know who I am, and that’s who I’m more worried about on the personal scale.
minus-squarespacecowboyEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·7 months agolinkfedilinkCool dude. Well you said your account is anonymous, and it isn’t. Words mean things.
No it isn’t.
When you download the app you let them have the following information/data about you:
Purchases, location, contacts, search history, identifiers (!!), diagnostics, financial info, contact info, user content, browsing history, and usage data.
Please tell us how any of that is “anonymous”.
Cool dude, you’ve identified that big corporations data farm.
Random bloke user with a vendetta still doesn’t know who I am, and that’s who I’m more worried about on the personal scale.
Cool dude. Well you said your account is anonymous, and it isn’t. Words mean things.