The article doesn’t say they do this. It says: “In theory, a service could charge you more if you’re on a vacation in a foreign country, instead of your hometown, because they know you would be willing to pay more. It would be the same if your phone’s battery is low and you’re trying to get home.”
A really bad headline, but not surprising I guess.
May? That already sounds like it’s illegal.
Laws only apply to people who have under $10m.
Easy! I haven’t gone out for coffee for a couple of years now, so I should definitely…
Checks bank account
Oh no
they should stop at ‘from’ and just ban them completely
That’s just evil. Next they’re going to look into your calendar to see if you’re running late.
No, next they’re going to reveal they’ve been mining your calendar data this whole time after a data breach forces them to admit it.
Look, does it really matter whether they do or not? If a company is morally bankrupt enough to conduct business like this in the first place, it’s a certainty they’ll just find some other novel way to be flaming assholes.
If you don’t want to get cheated, stop doing business with thieves and liars.
Personally, I’d rather have a robust and up-to-date set of consumer protections rather than leaving everything up to ‘buyer beware’.
That would be ideal of course, but this is the US we’re talking about, so it seems unlikely that you’ll have them.
Why does Apple even let apps read my phone model and battery level?
Because they pay apple? I’d imagine that’s obvious. It’s more useful metrics for the developer. I would be surprised if they didn’t tier the information access about users behind closed doors.
Android’s not perfect, but at least permissions can be set per app, you can root your device, or install GrapheneOS or Lineage to bypass this crap entirely.
I’d rather the ability to fudge these stats to developers, cause my info is none of their damn business, especially when I’m paying for a service.
That can be done on android and other operating systems. Apple is always the SOL option when it comes to dodging this crap.
I know it’s in there somewhere, it’s the time sink of yet another rabbit hole of searching and research. I’m tired boss.
The future is now, old man. Been dealing with this my entire life.
That’s a thing? Can they also tell that I’m in a shady neighborhood?
I mean, they absolutely could and it would be absolutely trivial to compare a database of crime rates to your departure location. The question should really be “Are they checking if I’m in a shady neighborhood?”
Did they ban AI from using commas in post subjects?
Did they ban AI from using proper titling case?
The answer is no, and this may be one way in which AI should be allowed to displace humans Who Write Titles By Capitalising Every Word Even The Ones Which Should Not Be.
Y’all gotta stop buying Apple shit
Nowhere in the article or the original report does it say this is specific to Apple devices.
Yeah, but you can’t circumvent this on iOS. It’s incredibly easy to spoof information on android.
