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Re: Transformers: Earth Wars May Be A Scam
The invasive permissions that most apps require these days comes as no surprise anymore. Unfortunately, even with paid apps, most developers are simply out to bait you into getting their app so that they can datamine your device to send what they feel are relevant ads and the possibly the aforementioned selling of contact details. Which developer is more "honest" than another is anyone's guess. They're all just shiny lures marketed to consumers to click/install just to convince you to lower your guard.
It's not just with mobile apps anymore. Datamining is just the new norm, sadly. Almost any type of social media platform mines the cache and/or cookies on your devices to see where else you've browsed, Netflix and YouTube tracks what you've watched to propose what they feel are relative suggestions, even something as fundamental as an operating system now innately collects your personal info now because Microsoft has designed Windows 10 to forcibly unify your windows sign-on to be linked with a Microsoft/Skype/Hotmail account along with your Xbox Live Account.
Basically, as long as you want to be online and connected to the internet, as well as be the "upstanding" citizen that continues to renew your licence, registration, health care, pay your taxes, be included in the census, etc. then you give up the fantasy of what the system tries to sell you as "privacy". As long as you're on the grid, welcome to the Matrix buddy.
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