Edit: Below is my original post, will not edit original in an attempt to be transparent as it provides context to those comments. Several good comments outlining what could be going on were posted as well. Seems the list of “know to track” from that service (Google) is very different from what was actually requested by this specific app. 36 attempts so far were made, but DDG does not specify of what type.

Original: So this seems like a pretty intense level of tracking. Certainly much more than any of the other lemmy apps I have tried. I get advertisements, totally fine with them earning money, but it took me by surpise.

If I look at the privacy policy, it certainly does not indicate to me this level of monitoring.

For the record, I am not implying deception on the devs part at all, I am sure things are spelled our correctly in the privacy policy. Just wasn’t sure everone was aware of the extent.

Cheers!

Edit: some people are implying I was trying to mislead with my title. For clarity I am using duckduckgo track blocker “App Tracking Protection” and it states “Tracking Attempts” https://ibb.co/DzWMFMy

The list on the original post is what data is being attempted to pull and the protection stopped as far as i can tell.

Edit 2: updated title to be more clear. Wasn’t aware I could even do that!

  • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2428·
    1 year ago

    I don’t have to interpret their post in good faith when the title isn’t a question or invitation for discussion, it’s a direct claim that Sync attempted to collect this data.

    Then, the body directly claims that the data collection is fairly large and that the privacy policy didn’t directly mention all these categories being collected, once again suggesting the app is indeed collecting everything.

    It’s one thing to see this, get scared and ask if it’s true. It’s a whole different thing to make a bold accusatory post. I’ve seen Reddit backlash from false posts like these claiming secret data collection go nuclear before the developer could even wake up the next morning to have a chance at explaining things. This OP’s post had over 30 upvotes in mere minutes after being made - during the day the app launched publicly.

    throw personal accusations

    What personal accusations? Please quote the exact portion of any of my comments that contain any personal information or claim about OP. “Misleading” means what it means - it’s an impersonal word.