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Last post: 2 years, 5 months ago | Thread started: Jan 2, 11, 7:05 a.m.

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• formed

  Just read this in the Wall Street Journal yesterday:

  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB…

  Anyone else concerned? I am not one to download many apps, but this makes me apprehensive to download any.

  Jan 2, 11, 7:05 a.m. – Permalink

• GeorgesII

  Hey, do you use google or facebook?

  • Google for occasional searchs, FB very, very rarely under an alias– formed1/4

    A little different than all my personal info, location, etc.– formed2/4

    what about chrome.– akrok3/4

    google maps.– akrok4/4

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 7:12 a.m. – Permalink

• Shaney

  but they kinda ask first George, nice to be kissed before you get fucked

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 7:19 a.m. – Permalink

• GeorgesII

  privacy is dead, get used to it,
  It's sunday, watch these videos, they are real informative
  -
  part one
  http://video.google.com/videopla…
  part two
  http://video.google.com/videopla…

  • Sorry - "has been dead for years"– GeorgesII

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 7:29 a.m. – Permalink

• rosem

  you get what you pay for.™

  • << this is true– Shaney1/3

    <<<<– instrmntl2/3

    99 cent– akrok3/3

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 7:41 a.m. – Permalink

• raf

  Hiddenapp.com registers my whereabouts

  • because you tell it to– Shaney1/4

    Of course, that's the purpose. Now the company will be acquired by baddies (or are them already)...– raf2/4

    fair point - just meant its diff if you know first– Shaney3/4

    thanks. that could be useful.– akrok4/4

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 7:54 a.m. – Permalink

• drgs

  I'm just an average man... with an average life
  I work from nine to five -- hey, hell, I pay the price!

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 7:58 a.m. – Permalink

• pr2

  WSJ is owned by Murdoch the guy who brought you FOX News and New York Post - the sources of made-up news.... YOu really want to believe what they have to say about anything????

  • << head explodes– Shaney1/2

    Aw cmon, it was a pretty good article– abettertomorrow2/2

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 9:22 a.m. – Permalink

• instrmntl

  Surprise! You are in fact the product.

  • YEP– chilamont1/2

    In America capitalism, app downloads you!– abettertomorrow2/2

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 9:30 a.m. – Permalink

• chilamont

  HA HAHA, WHAT IN TH FUCK DID YOU THINK THEY WERE DOING? lol OIT'S CALLED DATA MINING. THEY SELL THAT SHIT.

  Surprised, no......

  • kill yourself.– DrBombay

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 10:15 a.m. – Permalink

• abettertomorrow

  I'm sure it will all work out

  • Nothing to hide, nothing to fear– abettertomorrow

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 10:38 a.m. – Permalink

• akrok

  • < it's the apps.– akrok

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 10:40 a.m. – Permalink

• VikingKingEleven

  lets take it one step further.

  Xbox Kinnect.
  http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Legal/…

  Section 9 and 12.

  • People don't want to be informed. It is pretty pathetic.– VikingKingEleven

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 10:45 a.m. – Permalink

• Boz

  people are dumb

  they also keep supporting Apple and without realizing where that takes them just because of a few shiny products.. 5 years from now people will ask themselves "where did we go wrong with Apple" by allowing them to close shit up and blackmail you into having to buy their hardware to keep using your content..

  But again.. people don't see it until it's too late and then they bitch and moan..

  • Im no fanboy but these are both Apple & Android Apps– Shaney1/4

    Shaney you seem to think that what you just added somehow undermines what Boz said. It doesn't.– Horp2/4

    Horp I don't seem to think anything or want to undermine anyone. In the context of this thread.– Shaney3/4

    In fact I agree with Boz on Apple generally, just not on the dat app thing. hth.– Shaney4/4

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 10:57 a.m. – Permalink

• akrok

  ^
  boz and his hate for apple. hah.
  so, who do you support. as you're so smart?

  • ^^– Shaney1/9

    I also hate Apple.– Horp2/9

    good for you.– akrok3/9

    no Apple fan either Horp.– Shaney4/9

    what's your options?– akrok5/9

    talks bad about both worlds.– akrok6/9

    I hate everything hans, keeps things clear :0– Shaney7/9

    haha. here's your paycheck. oh, i hate that. lol.– akrok8/9

    : )– Shaney9/9

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 11:27 a.m. – Permalink

• moldero

  if we didn't consume, we would only be obstacles.

  • cs2, cs3, cs4, cs5...– akrok1/2

    http://www.productwi…– moldero2/2

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 11:41 a.m. – Permalink

• abettertomorrow

  Its a nice article for providing the info, but in the grand scheme of things I have a hard time seeing app purchases as that great of a privacy threat.

  After all, the exact same tracking process goes on for most sites you visit on the regular web. If someone is going to build a profile of you to advertise to (and companies do that for all of us, based on this info, which is of course "anonymous":), the regular internet is a much greater source of data than a few apps.

  Try looking here for instance:

  ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia... Player/#SharedObjects/

  These are all the sites that are tracking you for various reasons. All made possible by......Flash (sorry Boz:)

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 12:24 p.m. – Permalink

• abettertomorrow

  ^

  ~/Library/ Preferences/ Macromedia/ Flash Player /#SharedObjects/

  • on the Mac, PC is different folder somewhere– abettertomorrow

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 12:25 p.m. – Permalink

• dMullins

  @George: Just watched those videos. Not really ground-breaking news, but a good watch regardless. Recommended.

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 4:56 p.m. – Permalink

• fxone

  ^

  Yeah I agree, the videos are like a nice balance of all the info that is being collected from thePeople® and where this info is being collected from.

  To me though, it seems that there are just too many People® and the sources are way too varied/unrelated for all this info to make sense, let alone all be gathered into a single Database™ about Everyone™.

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 5:18 p.m. – Permalink

• CGN

  Just get off the grid if you worried, marry a horse and move to central America.

  • haha, marry a horse. hah. hahah. heh. meh. i lol'd– dMullins

  

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  Dog-earJan 2, 11, 6:48 p.m. – Permalink