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It's ridiculous to equate all new social media apps with burglars



Even if a social app starts off as a scrupulous player who’s acting responsibly with your data, doesn’t mean they are going to stay that way.

It’s very common for companies that gain some traction, but aren’t on the path to be the next unicorn to get sold off to private equity firms who try to extract the most the value for the least effort. That often involves selling any all data to a data broker.

Personally, I’d treat most apps/companies as if they could be burglars, and only give them access that I need to get value out of the app. I don’t really want to be friends with my landlord or my doctor on the socials anyway.


If they want to take your stuff and you don't want them to the analogy works.


No it doesn’t. It’s a faulty analogy. I’m pretty sure that burglars don’t give you a choice. You choose to use a social network.


Hiring someone to clean my yard and then found him snooping inside my office would make a very strong case of him being a burglar.


I choose to live in a house, in a city. I don't choose who in my city tries to get into my house.


It's forced on non users. Look up shadow profiles.


Now you can choose how to use them with even more granularity

QED thanks bye




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