Archived Why would twitter need all of this and what could they do if I accept (sli.mg)
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Archived Why would twitter need all of this and what could they do if I accept (sli.mg)
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[–] Ghetto_Shitlord ago
It still has to send it. Look at what people found with w10, that's closed source too, but you still see something going out that shouldn't
More importantly, is it worth it to twitter to do this? Is the risk worth the "reward?"
[–] HoneyNutStallmans ago (edited ago)
As far as I know, they have two sources of information:
1) Traffic correlation: they do things and, in response, see traffic moving. They don't know what is being transmitted, but they have a reasonable suspicion that it's something that really shouldn't be transmitted.
2) What Microsoft (directly or indirectly, through documentation) tells them
I don't mean demean the concerns with W10; the suspicions are reasonable and just.
Without the source code, you can never find everything.
It depends. Apps do lots of shady things, but people keep on using the apps.