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minus-squareParagone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoCheck the permissions on their app: Google allows any app with the “Contacts” permission to upload all your text-conversations to their server, according to the ToS thing I read on Google.com sometime ago… Apparently that page no-longer exists? or isn’t findable… https://www.howtogeek.com/why-some-apps-ask-for-contacts-and-what-they-actually-do-with-them/ I want machiavellianism KILLED from our economy, not allowed-to-rule-it. Not going to happen in my lifetime, obviously… _ /\ _
Check the permissions on their app:
Google allows any app with the “Contacts” permission to upload all your text-conversations to their server, according to the ToS thing I read on Google.com sometime ago…
Apparently that page no-longer exists? or isn’t findable…
https://www.howtogeek.com/why-some-apps-ask-for-contacts-and-what-they-actually-do-with-them/
I want machiavellianism KILLED from our economy, not allowed-to-rule-it.
Not going to happen in my lifetime, obviously…
_ /\ _