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Spotify apologizes for 'scary' privacy policy update
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article published on 23 August, 2015
Earlier this week, Spotify updated its privacy policy and it quickly angered and outraged users.
Under a section that read "Information Stored on Your Mobile Device," Spotify noted that "with your permission, we may collect information stored on your mobile device, such as contacts, photos, or media files." As you can imagine, there was considerable outrage as to why a streaming music ... [ read the full article ]
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24. August 2015 @ 00:06 |
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once again we see why privacy agreements and terms of use are longer than "War and Peace" when we try to add an app.
unfortunately a great app tried to talk in words we could understand and it sounded like they wanted to steal our life
meanwhile companies like Micro$hit use oceans of legalese terminology to force us into unwanted updates ("but you agreed to our terms of use")
my question is: "Why does the joke only say '50 Lawyers'? Hmm?"
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24. August 2015 @ 11:03 |
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I can't disagree with that.
Still, it's nice to know exactly why they need these permissions. Though I think "location" is rather weird and unnecessary.
I think the whole EULA thing should be given a makeover. Simplified and internationally standardized because, yes, it's being used to obfuscate the process. I don't know of any other makers of product who can get away with, "we take no responsibility".
I was trying out the Minions Rush game on my phone when the next update wanted access to ALL my browser history amongst other inappropriate demands. It would not proceed otherwise. Needless to say I excoriated it... plenty of other stuff to play out there.
Needless to say, when I (very) briefly commented on this impertinence in the Playstore review section, guess what? my misgivings "mysteriously" failed to appear. Even after several attempts. Guess Google, and I suppose Apple, don't want attention like this drawn to their cash cows.
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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24. August 2015 @ 17:48 |
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This is EXACTLY (partly) why I use Cyanogenmod, even though it has some annoying quirks and foibles: Finely granular, complete control over all permissions for every app, including system apps, if you like. You have the options for Allowed, Ignored, and Always Ask (the default), combined with the option to apply to every newly installed app. It's very, very nice to have.
"No, Mr. App, you DON'T need my contacts list. Piss off!"
If you goof and a given permission breaks an app you happen to like, you can change the settings any time, although that's happened exactly once ever in my case ^^ .
CM 12+ also comes with selinux set to "enforcing", which is FAR more secure in general.
Combine this with with the fact that, with Google Apps ("GApps") included - they are not by default with CM - my Android OS takes up roughly 1/3 the storage of the stock ROM, generally runs faster, allows me to tether/hotspot my phone for free, and so on, well...
Be aware though, it's NOT all perfect, by any means, and support greatly varies depending on your phone model. Some features may not work as well as the stock (or "near-stock") ROMs; the camera on my LG G2 d801 is a perfect example of this; the stock camera is amazingly good, but the CM12 version, well, not. Of course, I hardly use the camera myself, and this isn't true for all models, but definitely research the changes for your phone and your usage case!
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8. September 2015 @ 13:24 |
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Originally posted by Jemborg:
I can't disagree with that.
Still, it's nice to know exactly why they need these permissions. Though I think "location" is rather weird and unnecessary.
I think the whole EULA thing should be given a makeover. Simplified and internationally standardized because, yes, it's being used to obfuscate the process. I don't know of any other makers of product who can get away with, "we take no responsibility".
I was trying out the Minions Rush game on my phone when the next update wanted access to ALL my browser history amongst other inappropriate demands. It would not proceed otherwise. Needless to say I excoriated it... plenty of other stuff to play out there.
Needless to say, when I (very) briefly commented on this impertinence in the Playstore review section, guess what? my misgivings "mysteriously" failed to appear. Even after several attempts. Guess Google, and I suppose Apple, don't want attention like this drawn to their cash cows.
you mentioned "location" well that is the one most likely to be used reciently.... not only to alllow others listeners nearby to get together (three ppl listening to same genree if musiv in a two block radius) but it will allow spotify, like many other companies, to sell "relevant ads"
Say you are walking/driving down street and the mall ahead has a music shop with a sale featuring your favorite artist... all of a sudden you hear "sale on ABBA albums in 500 feet turn right"
qazwiz is qazwiz everywhere. If you see me say HI!
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9. September 2015 @ 10:14 |
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Yikes!
Say goodbye to discovering anything new. I mean, I hate being anal-yzed and being told what I should like.
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