prettygood on Nostr: >install non-free software >you don't know what its doing >turns out its doing bad ...

>install non-free software
>you don't know what its doing
>turns out its doing bad shit

I'm sorry, I'm going to be smug and "I told you so" about this. If users don't control the software, THE SOFTWARE CONTROLS USERS. Period.

quoting nevent1q…vwkv

"Some of the world’s most popular apps are likely being co-opted by rogue members of the advertising industry to harvest sensitive location data on a massive scale, with that data ending up with a location data company whose subsidiary has previously sold global location data to US law enforcement." https://www.404media.co/candy-crush-tinder-myfitnesspal-see-the-thousands-of-apps-hijacked-to-spy-on-your-location/