Apps like Temu or TokTok. Or those cheap electronic devices where you have to download a questionable app and register an account. What exactly is being stolen and what is being done with it? Who is doing it? Why?

  • lemmy689@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    This app crossed the line

    In a report released last month, privacy commissioners said people who downloaded the Tim Hortons app had their movements tracked and recorded every few minutes — even when the app was not open on their phones.

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      8 months ago

      Don’t worry, they gave everyone a stale donut and an apology email as part of their class action lawsuit punishment.