Threads App Permission list

Anyone else check it out? They want access to everything. And there is no website, only an app. Yikes.

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ErikDegenerik@lemmy.one · 31 pts · 3y (1 reply)

There's a reason why it isn't available in EU.

jcg@halubilo.social · 1 pts · 3y

Isn't it just awaiting some kind of approval?

eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.net · 20 pts · 3y

An image showing the data safety guidelines for Threads, as provided by the Google Play Store.

That is a lot of data collection...

iasad12@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Also, 78 MBs for a Twitter clone is ridiculous (and alarming)! Twitter asks for 36 MBs while Mastodon only 1.6 MBs!

giant_smeeg@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)
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iasad12@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Aye!

armrods@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

It's probably because Threads is made entirely with JetpackCompose

godless@latte.isnot.coffee · 9 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Yeah I saw the list posted somewhere, had a chuckle, and went on my merry way. There's a reason this kraken of an app is banned in the EU.

A somewhat tech savvy user can probably use App Ops and Storage Isolation to restrict all of the data and spoof the rest, but luckily I don't even feel tempted. Never got the appeal of Twitter, can't be bothered to even try Mastodon, and Threads, just no.

glorious_albus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

It's not even banned. Meta didn't release it there knowing full well they'd get penalised in some way.

NightOwl@lemmy.one · 6 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Yeah, it's why I started staying away from the official social media or company apps.

hamsterkill@vlemmy.net · 2 pts · 3y

Yeah. The insistence of Facebook to use their Messenger app on mobile is a big reason I've always been suspicious of it.