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		monksy on April 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We have 4 days to contest KYC being required by in... > a photo I take in the app itself So what else did they pull off your phone? Location data, personal photos, personal files, wifi connections near by, microphone data, ongoing location data?

webspinner on April 26, 2024 | [–]

Exactly, they just want more mass surveillance.

refulgentis on April 25, 2024 | [–]

None of those, just asked for the photo

monksy on April 25, 2024 | [–]

You said it was their app correctly?

Have you validated that they didn't take the other bits off your phone?

refulgentis on April 26, 2024 | | [–]

Every modern smartphone has permissions on that stuff for years now. I don't self-peasantize with "but what if..."

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