The most invasive apps: which apps are sharing your personal data?
This article identified which apps shared the most of your private data with third parties, and those which gathered the most for their own benefits, to find the most invasive overall. Top on the list are Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Uber Eats which were found to share the most data (79%, 57%, 50% and 50% respectively, of the data they collected) with third parties. Read more: https://blog.pcloud.com/invasive-apps/ *Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | **Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ==================================================== *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar*
Victor Interesting! Thanks for sharing. Curious, do any of these apps block you from accessing the application if you refuse certain permissions? Regards *Ali Hussein* Digital Transformation Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 7:36 AM Victor Kapiyo via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
This article identified which apps shared the most of your private data with third parties, and those which gathered the most for their own benefits, to find the most invasive overall.
Top on the list are Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Uber Eats which were found to share the most data (79%, 57%, 50% and 50% respectively, of the data they collected) with third parties.
Read more: https://blog.pcloud.com/invasive-apps/
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Ali, Yes, they do if you do not accept. On Thu, 25 Mar 2021, 7:46 am Ali Hussein via kictanet, < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Victor
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. Curious, do any of these apps block you from accessing the application if you refuse certain permissions?
Regards
*Ali Hussein*
Digital Transformation
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On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 7:36 AM Victor Kapiyo via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
This article identified which apps shared the most of your private data with third parties, and those which gathered the most for their own benefits, to find the most invasive overall.
Top on the list are Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Uber Eats which were found to share the most data (79%, 57%, 50% and 50% respectively, of the data they collected) with third parties.
Read more: https://blog.pcloud.com/invasive-apps/
*Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | **Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ====================================================
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All of them? Without exception? Regards *Ali Hussein* Digital Transformation Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 8:05 AM David Indeje <davidindeje@gmail.com> wrote:
Ali,
Yes, they do if you do not accept.
On Thu, 25 Mar 2021, 7:46 am Ali Hussein via kictanet, < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Victor
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. Curious, do any of these apps block you from accessing the application if you refuse certain permissions?
Regards
*Ali Hussein*
Digital Transformation
Tel: +254 713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
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On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 7:36 AM Victor Kapiyo via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
This article identified which apps shared the most of your private data with third parties, and those which gathered the most for their own benefits, to find the most invasive overall.
Top on the list are Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Uber Eats which were found to share the most data (79%, 57%, 50% and 50% respectively, of the data they collected) with third parties.
Read more: https://blog.pcloud.com/invasive-apps/
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It is also possible to use applications which you can easily customize and/or have a code audit done on. Some of these can be found at: https://f-droid.org/ An example application: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.fedilab.nitterizemelite/ The data can be beneficial, but maybe social norms regarding how this data is used need to be established. Open data is easy to verify and may have social advantages by allowing aggregation and a wider variety of people to make data based decisions. Closed data can allow for greater privacy protection but it is then more difficult to correct inaccurate data. In both cases controlling data use now and in the future is challenging. On 3/25/21 8:04 AM, David Indeje via kictanet wrote:
Ali,
Yes, they do if you do not accept.
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