queeruption OP t1_j4x2oje wrote on January 18, 2023 at 9:33 PM

Reply to comment by dadarkgtprince in TIFU by getting my ten year old reddit account compromised. by queeruption

yeah, it was on the apple AppStore. i honestly couldn't believe how much of a infringement it was. i never even thought it would be possible.

dadarkgtprince t1_j4x3631 wrote on January 18, 2023 at 9:36 PM

Yea, that's definitely overstepping boundaries. Not cool on that app owner

queeruption OP t1_j4x5tgl wrote on January 18, 2023 at 9:52 PM

yeah, for some reason i associate apps with a certain amount of user data safety.. i guess not.

Ratzink t1_j4xu7yb wrote on January 19, 2023 at 12:36 AM

Don't ever assume you have privacy using this stuff. You don't.

dadarkgtprince t1_j4x6n7v wrote on January 18, 2023 at 9:58 PM

App permissions was looked at a lot more deeply a couple years ago. It's definitely good to review all the permissions to make sure they make sense. No reason to give your phone number and location to a calculator app