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PSA: the latest Yik Yak / Sidechat update contains the most brazen privacy violations I have ever seen, with no way to opt out without manually rejecting literal HUNDREDS of vendors. As someone addicted to this app (~150,000 yakkarma), I deleted it today.
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Anonymous 15w

Wow, really?

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Anonymous 15w

I think I saw this lol. That’s definitely not GDPR compliant and I’d be shocked if the CCPA allowed manually selecting an option for thousands of vendors

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Anonymous replying to -> mushy.the.mushroom 15w

Yep, read through everything. They have thousands of companies that claim “legitimate interest”, which ignores your consent and usually just means “ads” but can be way more nefarious. Would strongly recommend deleting the app. I scrolled through and manually “disabled” hundreds of them, but they said in a footnote at the bottom that they were ignoring that and just harvesting it anyway.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15w

Depending on your state laws you may be able to opt out of targeted advertising. At the very least, turn off the tracking in your iOS privacy settings (they consistently encourage you to turn it on)

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