Trish🫧
@trish
Farcaster and TBA have different privacy policies on their apps. On the surface Farcaster’s looks better except “contact information”. I’m not sure what that means practically. My name and address? Everyone in my contacts? TBA’s bothers me more because I use Coinbase (as minimally as possible) and thats a big picture when my data available is joined. Any security/privacy experts want to chime in?
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raluca
@raluca
in my case, i am able to see detailed info on each category if i navigate the App Privacy menu further (you have the right arrow, in my case it's See Details) in case it doesn't work for you, here is what info is claimed to be collected specifically for Contact Info: - Email Address - Name contacts are not mentioned under any category. e.g. if i check whatsapp it is written as 'Contacts' under App Functionality note: while jurisdiction matters (i am based in the EU with its own privacy policies), i think the app store policy is uniform in requiring devs to declare all types of data they collect and for what purposes happy to expand if you have questions
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Trish🫧
@trish
Ohh thank you so much! I do have a couple more if you don’t mind. What data points are identifiers? Also I’m guessing location is based on IP?
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raluca
@raluca
specifically for farcaster, the following Identifiers are mentioned: - User ID (i am just guessing this is the apple id) - Device ID (this is tied to the specific device you use) for the following purposes: analytics, product personalization, and app functionality location is based on cellular, GPS, wifi and is accessed via Apple's location services which can provide coarse or precise location, depending on the app (think the same access level as maps)
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Trish🫧
@trish
Thank you so much! So depressing actually. Are they getting a full thumbprint of my device? Am I better off on a browser?
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raluca
@raluca
device ID is just a string of characters (or multiple) that can tell your device apart from mine. it is set by the manufacturer, and i'd guess it's a pretty standard data point apps collect, anonymized or not. for example whatsapp and instagram collect device id, signal and telegram don't re: browser well, it really depends. for example, for different web apps, location may be accessed via the browser, the device id may be collected. there are a bunch of settings and privacy enhancing browser extensions that may help, but it's a double edged sword as they can break functionality/UX it depends on what information you want to control and from whom. feel free to dm btw :)
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