Comment on ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

• Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Nearly every weather app that exists is repackaging data from an official, tax funded source. Apps using weather underground data possibly being the only exception.

  Show me one that doesn’t want location permissions and such. So now they’ve got Your data and can do as they please with it.

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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    To be fair, a weather app does need to know my location to give relevant information.

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    • jve@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No it doesn’t.

      It just needs to know what cities you care about.

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    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Absolutely. Just don’t do anything shady with that information. I think that’s all anyone’s asking.

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  • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nearly every weather app that exists is repackaging data from an official, tax funded source

    The weather source. Not the application source. A dude needs to sit down and write that part.

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    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sure, and it would be cool if that dude didn’t pass my personal information to a third party.

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      • dafta@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Breezy Weather

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      • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Aaaand we circle back to THIS.

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