Comment on Why?
dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you log in with social media, they get more than your email address. Data mining.
Comment on Why?
dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you log in with social media, they get more than your email address. Data mining.
artwork@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They do not, normally, unless you specifically allow that. Yet, indeed, many services enable/require quite permissive scopes by default.
Jhex@lemmy.world 2 months ago
so they mostly do…
iltg@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
per oauth spec you get told what is shared. usually it’s just your user id (which often is email or username), i haven’t seen crazy scopes in the wild in a while
Tanoh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Some services even have an option to only share a dummy email and not your real. Apple for example does this, so all the site gets is “36382618161@apple.com” (don’t know the exact format). And it is only tied to your real email address on apple’s side
valar@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Regardless of your privacy choices, if you are using a shared login, that activity it is connected with your broader profile.