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Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy(theconversation.com)

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ChlkDstTtr@lemmy.world
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It’s by design

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mox@lemmy.sdf.org
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Yes, even the author says so:

These apps intentionally come with complicated default privacy settings that paradoxically make the user’s information more public than private.

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gjoel@programming.dev
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Unless the title says so, this is news to me.

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