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madeofpalk on Nov 17, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Getting a bit creepy

> Unfortunately, I'm not sure other operating systems are much better.

I think the funny part in all of this is that iOS does give you more fine-grain controls over app permissions.

tjoff on Nov 17, 2013 [–]

Seeing how long it took them to realize that "Contacts" were something that you should ask permission to use I don't know if I'd trust apple with knowing which planet I live on.

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