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1. dccool+(OP)[view] [source] 2017-07-27 14:31:48
Native apps are the new desktop apps. OK for gaming, overkill and gaping privacy hole for everything else.
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2. sidlls+Tc[view] [source] 2017-07-27 15:52:12
>>dccool+(OP)
Because web apps are certainly very good at protecting privacy.
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3. dccool+bf[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-07-27 16:06:40
>>sidlls+Tc
"To read news on this site, you must give permission to: Your phone Your camera All your files " I've never seen that on a web app, but it's de rigeur for native mobile.
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4. sidlls+Qq[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-07-27 17:10:20
>>dccool+bf
Meanwhile webapps can potentially report on everything you do that touches your browser and at most you might have to acknowledge a cookie stored on your browser.

News readers requesting that level of access is bad, but at least they tell you when they're invading your privacy.

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