"Uh, do I really need to install this app to order food?"

"Yes. And also we'll need access to your contacts, location 24/7, your photos, microphone, and possibly your soul."

"…I just wanted a pizza."

"Cool. In exchange, here’s 6 push notifications a day, and targeted ads for gym memberships (because you're eating too much pizza)."

Let's look at App Tracking, why it's bad & how you can turn it off 👉 tuta.com/blog/app-tracking

#AppTracking #BigTech

in reply to Tuta

to tell iOS not to track does not mean anything. There is a study which says that 80% of the software developers ignore this, because it is a recommendation and not enforced.
And this setting is meant for external app but has no meaning to apple app. The same is true in google.

blog.appcensus.io/2019/02/14/a…

untertauchen.info/2024/04/auch…

in reply to Tuta

This is why it pays to keep an old mobile - wipe it, minimal setup, install the apps you'd never even consider having on your main phone. It doesn't need a SIM, just wifi, so monitoring your phone's status isn't a factor. Find accounts on device, there's 1 burner Google account used only for the play store and nothing personal on there so find whatever accounts you want. Tasker force closes or disables apps completely for minimal crossover.
If I *must* install it, it's on the old phone
in reply to Tuta

If they ask me to download an app or create an account, I don't bother with them.

In addition to avoiding their creepy stalker tracking, profiling and surveillance capitalism, the last thing I need is for them to inevitably get breached because they did a common cybersecurity no-no, and then have my personal details leaked on dark web forums.

Whatever happened to "don't give out your personal details to strangers online"? Now every app demands you dox yourself for basic services.