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With Reddit flirting with requiring Age verification, the next Rexit might be around the corner, are we ready? (piefed.social)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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With previous Rexit's like the API debarcle etc. many users were left looking for an alternative, but with decision fatigue and bad UX etc. most did not find the Fediverse a viable option.

What needs to still improve, how can we be ready this time?

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[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Says it shares personal info with third parties?

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

IDK what personal info could it be sharing. You don't need to login, it doesn't ask for permissions and it's a GPLv3 app. Where did you get that idea?

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

The app repo lists that kind of information about every app.

It's on a device, it can access IPs, network info, maybe phone number, other accounts. It's a blackbox, I don't know what it has access to, but I guarantee it's more than I explicitly share with it...

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There are apps without public repos at all. Here's a report of trackers and permissions the app may ask, but again, you don't need to grant it more than just network access because is for Reddit.

I can't give any value to your guarantees. There's the code, there's an analysis of trackers and the history of the app. Moreover, I can't see a concrete reference to your claims. These things, on the other hand, make me feel rather secure about using it behind a VPN as I said, but that's me.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

No I meant the app repository like play store, f-droid, app store, etc.

You can check whether the app collects or shares any data, and this one says it shares personal info with third parties. It doesn't elaborate any further than that.

I'm not going to read the entire source code to identify it. Someone else suggested redlib, so I'll probably go with that instead.