How do you feel about down loading aps tyat want to invade your privacy?

I just bought a cell phone through AT&T, I've used them for years w/out any real issues. So I was going to put my contacts in the internal phone book and right away there's a problem, my phone book on my phone wants access to my photos, all my files and my location, all of which is nobodies business except my own. So I denied it permission and because I won't give it the power to invade my privacy, I can't store my contacts in my phone which is a major inconvenience. How do you feel about these apps that force you to give up your constitutional rights. What are they doing with all that information and who all do they sale it to, and what are they doing with it?

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rckt148 · 61-69, M

When they know who you are ,where you are
If your a gun owner or not
Have your kids been dumbed down enough and have no clue what reality is anymore ,and how many of them you have (future soldiers )
And images of you and your liabilities and their images are all loaded on to a national data base (they may not be able to break you ,but what if they have your loved one ?)
You DNA ,Eye and finger prints all on the data base too,easier to identify your body ,or in the event they have to capture you

They have our countries sufficiently divided or to addicted to something to care .

They will cause an event ,so scary
You will give up your illusion of privacy and civil liberties
for security .

And then they will have your kids report you ,,If you don't comply ,,,and surrender your guns and any and all means to defend yourself ,,,how long is that pocket knife you got for Christmas? if its over 3" its a weapon

"only outlaws will have them then " Get it

We can't have nut jobs defending themselves from a hostile take over
Your second amendment my eye
It said and I quote ": "A well regulated Militia "
That not you nut job ,hand over your guns

(This one is not dumbed down enough ,he know that means to protect himself against a government gone rouge ,that no longer ensures their liberties ,or obeys any law ,,
What do I do sir ,,he is refusing to disarm )

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rckt148 · 61-69, M

@Imjohnnycash A lot of mental issues are from being given everything ,to much entertainment ,not enough actual hard work ,
A word I hear more and more that I literally hate is
"I'm bored ",,and another big one "I suffer from social anxiety.
Well if you never go outside ,everything is given to you
you have a billion channels ,game consoles but your bored
To much dopamine from a device addiction ,
not enough fresh air and exercise add hormones ,and drugs they don't need
Yea another melt down waiting to happen

LiteralElite · 31-35, F

@rckt148 People can be genuinely shy so let's not totally knock social anxiety....but I think you also hit the nail on the head....while there's nothing inherently wrong with tv or video games like anything, too much unrestricted can be incredibly harmful, in this case for mental health.

Like everything, there needs to be a balance. Yet we live in a society where in every regard people are told, see ads, etc, to go to the extremes of spending money or doing an activity or political/religious beliefs.

Moderation in all things 👍️ (except cheese of course)

rckt148 · 61-69, M

@LiteralElite 😭
I take narcotics for pain ,,so though I love cheese
it does not love me
But once in a while I say the hell with it
You only live once ,,,and I start eating prunes I actually hate .or warm prune juice
It sucks to get old ,,and you was wrong
I didn't die young saving someone
and my Corpse will no longer be a handsome one LOL

MushroomFaerie

Depends how much I want the app.
If you have access to the Internet you are leaving infomation all over the show. We are not safe anymore and that's just the world we live in now... I can't be bothered wasting my life being concerned

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

No way around it at the moment.
I wouldn't mind so much if I thought it was just paranoid government desperate to make sure they were keeping tabs on security.

But we live in a time where every like; every ❤️; every negative is filed;logged and sold to (supposedly)advertisers.

And when folk complain the company likes to turn round and change its terms of service ! So you can't access their site unless you do !

As a rule I'm very careful what sites I use.
Only post recent photos. And if you post photos of others,where's their protection ?

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Imjohnnycash · 26-30, M

@SW-User Do you feel Google is a trustable company?

LiteralElite · 31-35, F

I think it's appalling and I have the same annoying problem.

The difficulty legally is that you're not giving up constitutional rights (assuming you're in the US) - the Bill of Rights protects citizens from their government (in theory anyway!), not from other people. For that you've got to sue them :(

PinkPowerRanger ·

If it’s a trusted app I don’t mind.. like they just want permission if you decide that you want to attach a photo of a contact to their number.. so when they call their face pops up on the screen.. that said I never do my banking on my phone nor do I ever use my real name for anythIng online

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Imjohnnycash · 26-30, M

@signature what exactly do you doubt about it?

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