• locococoa9613@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While I agree this would be hilarious, and would want them to do it, it scares me that it’s possible. That they know who is using it and apparently keep a database of certain users whom they can then blackmail. It’s probably just an empty threat though and I’m taking it too seriously.

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      1 year ago

      they are literally given the data and they have to store it for the app to be functional. it should be common sense that this is possible.

      its also public data unless they leak things that the app users couldn’t see.

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        1 year ago

        Well, the (satirical) post is saying they will “reveal” those who “secretly” use it. That implies it’s far from being publicly available information.

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        1 year ago

        We do have privacy laws today (USA user), but they are so weak that near my office I regularly see ads advising businesses to treat it as a liability problem and instead buy insurance as a faster and cheaper alternative to good practices.

        And it works! This approach should not be feasible to address the costs of violating user privacy. It reiterates to me that we are far too lax.

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      1 year ago

      It shouldn’t scare you that it’s possible to identify people on a dating app where users typically share personal information, and on one that is presumably pretty reliant on location data. That you can be identified with the information you provide these services should be the absolute bare minimum you expect to be possible.

      You can likely be positively identified by a website you visit without entering a single bit of personal information on that site, based purely on data which that site is able to acquire from 3rd parties and the IP+browser you are connecting with. Now that should scare you.