sneak @sneak@sneak.berlin

@ilia@im-in.space why would you use an app for youtube

@nytpu @alcinnz you can't practically sell foss. free as in speech dictates free as in beer.

it’s very convenient that the “we have to go to mars” guy is also simultaneously the number one “let’s make all earth cars electric” guy when talking on the internet with clueless idiots who think earth should be perfect before we have any cities on other planets

@MapAmore @AkuAnakTimur it's telemetry, plain and simple.

@kaip @james@mstdn.starnix.network @tenacity that's easy.

you could also ship a fork that has the same download urls, that's between the user and the server.

the religion of peace
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/13/nyregion/rushdie-video-stabbed-ny.html

@GaryPaulWood what do you think humanity is in the process of doing rn???

@sadmin the lead dev doesnt understand the issue and claims they don't need consent to drop a tracking id on your system lol

@lambdagoat the lead dev says it doesnt require consent because it's just a random id. he doesn't get it.

@greypilgrim @jomo the ip part is how it tracks your travel history (ip geolocation)

@trashcatt the lead dev thinks that it doesnt need consent because it is just a random id lol

@FediFollows @rugk apparently this doen't let me add the extension on firefox mobile. do people still use social media on non-mobile?

@newt @karolat no

OSMAnd is spyware that leaks your travel history to the OSMAnd developers, even if you have analytics/telemetry turned off!

https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/15058

https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd-iOS/issues/2115

This unethical and consent-violating data leak exists in both the iOS and Android versions. It's not an accident - they are deliberately phoning home with a unique identifier.

@th @bleeptrack this is Very Good. bonus points for the iso date!!!!