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Everyone knows all the apps on your phone

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1192 points gniting | 3 comments | 29 Mar 25 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.676s | source
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andsoitis ◴[30 Mar 25 00:11 UTC] No.43519910[source]▶
> everyone knows all the alls on your phone

On Android phones. iPhone doesn’t have this privacy deficiency.

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ctippett ◴[30 Mar 25 00:17 UTC] No.43519943[source]▶
Are you sure? I know someone in adtech and I'm pretty sure Apple allows a similar app manifest that allows you to check for specific apps. I could be wrong.
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phony-account ◴[30 Mar 25 00:30 UTC] No.43520009[source]▶
> I know someone in adtech and I'm pretty sure Apple allows a similar app manifest that allows you to check for specific apps. I could be wrong.

On iOS an app developer will need to register in advance which external applications their app intends to query, and the list needs to be very short and motivated. [1]

Incidentally, “I have a friend who says...” isn’t really a good citation anywhere outside Reddit - which HN resembles more and more each day.

[1] https://www.hackingwithswift.com/example-code/system/how-to-...

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ctippett ◴[30 Mar 25 00:35 UTC] No.43520042[source]▶
Thanks for the information.

I suppose a more appropriate term of phrase would've been "I'd heard anecdotally...", but I agree I was lazy with my original reply. I appreciate the feedback.

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1. collingreen ◴[30 Mar 25 00:42 UTC] No.43520076[source]▶
You're nice. I don't appreciate the extremely tired "hn looks more and more like Reddit every day" slop and I think you handled it with grace.
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2. reaperman ◴[30 Mar 25 00:53 UTC] No.43520157[source]▶
Comparing HN to resdit is explicitly against HN guidelines. Though sometimes I think the only reason it’s never “true” is because Reddit is a moving target. Both HN and reddit get worse over time, so HN never catches up to how bad Reddit is.

Also the bots have not invaded HN, which is a truly massive distinction.

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3. phatskat ◴[30 Mar 25 06:14 UTC] No.43521787[source]▶
> Both HN and reddit get worse over time

I think this is probably true of any online community. I’d wager that an online community needs more users to grow and be sustainable, and more users inevitably means more content, and more content means less _high-quality_ content overall.