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.orgEnglish
    5·
    11 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.

    • otp@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      11 months ago

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

    • Nighed@sffa.communityEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Would they not have had to give access to location services for this to happen though? Google is very good at giving me a “only while using this app” option for this kind of stuff now.