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Absolutely not training data no way no sir (i.redd.it)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Amazon asked me to use their photos app to get a $20 gift certificate last week. I uploaded one photo, got the bonus money, deleted the app and used it to help buy a new monitor.

Sometimes these things can be turned into a win.

[–] Huschke 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

So what you are saying is that you gave Amazon access to your device for 20$? Doesn't sound like a good deal to me.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

and what would "access to your device" be (assuming this is android)?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Quick guess from me would be permission to use the camera(s) and if they have some kind of file picker or gallery, permission to access all media files from your phone (and older versions of Android did not have this "media"distinction, so they would give access to all user files (excluding sandboxed paths)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You have to manually approve of giving each permission on Android, and camera and files/images are separate permissions (so giving access to the camera doesn't require giving access to your files). And you can make it so they only have access to it while you use the app. If you take a random picture and then uninstall, they get nothing except that random picture.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Indeed, and would you like to take a guess what % of Android user just accepts it as it is?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Presumably not anyone on Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

apps are sandboxed. if all they did was upload one pic, what access did amazon really get? I'd do that for $20.