Re: Your Apps Are Watching You

On Tue, 21 Dec 2010, Bruce Geerdes wrote:

>>> I'm having a hard time thinking of an app that I gave *anything* other 
>>> than a username.
>>
>> Not even a password?
>
> I was thinking more in terms of personal information. I don't have a 
> problem creating a username/password for most any service. But I don't 
> even tell Facebook stuff like my hometown or where I live.

Hmmm, okay.

I'm trying to think of what apps I have that have needed any personal info 
like that.  I have an app for my church's bank account, but that's 
provided by the bank and doesn't need to be "ad-supported".  I have a 
bunch of Google apps, but Google has my info anyway.  I have a few games 
(*love* Sudoku), but don't think any of them have asked me for any info 
... though a few of them *are* ad-supported, so who knows.

Does the IMDb app have ads?  I know it has access to my location, because 
it gives me showtimes at local theatres (which are erroneously labelled 
"US theatres", but I guess that's because Canada is considered part of the 
domestic American market; still, the app includes showtimes for the local 
independent arthouses, so it's not completely big-studio-driven).

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