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Everyone knows all the apps on your phone

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1192 points gniting | 2 comments | 29 Mar 25 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.565s | source
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DevKoala ◴[30 Mar 25 01:13 UTC] No.43520286[source]▶
> How is knowing whether I have the Xbox or the Playstation app installed on my phone essential to their Swiggy's core functionality? How will knowing if I have the Naukri or Upstox app help them deliver groceries to my doorstep?

It is for fingerprinting purposes

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wutwutwat ◴[30 Mar 25 04:08 UTC] No.43521250[source]▶
fingerprinting is the best case scenario
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_heimdall ◴[30 Mar 25 04:12 UTC] No.43521269[source]▶
What's the worst case, in your opinion?
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em3rgent0rdr ◴[30 Mar 25 05:26 UTC] No.43521595[source]▶
The US Customs & Border Control apps ("CBP Home" and "Mobile Passport Control") could check for blacklisted apps and flag you to be deported to an El Salvadorean gulag without due process.
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_heimdall ◴[30 Mar 25 06:35 UTC] No.43521874[source]▶
Does El Salvador do gulags? I thought that was more of a Russian approach to imprisonment.
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skrebbel ◴[30 Mar 25 10:50 UTC] No.43523121[source]▶
Parent commenter doesn't mean literal gulags, but a similarly bad place sent people to by a similarly bad government.
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1. touristtam ◴[31 Mar 25 07:24 UTC] No.43532148[source]▶
I think the commenter was asking for a clarification on the hyperbole used. Unsure on the intend being candidly asked or there was an agenda (as it is often the case with political discussions).

Hopefully the El Salvador deal is a far cry from the internment camps from the 19th & 20th century.

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