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Root825404yAnother inexcusable flaw I found:
When I was logging in, I noticed that the password field disallowed typing spaces, meaning I was unable to login without changing my password. Also, when creating said new password, I was still able to type them!
JFC! Get your shit together! -
eo287540014yIt might not have rendered if you were blocking the trackers. That happens to me often. I don't trust any website that relies so much on cookies and trackers that it breaks when I block em
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@Root The Dutch branch of T-Mobile was just found to have been illegally selling all of their customer's data to a government branch (The Central Bureau for Statistics) -- including precise location and contact data.
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Root825404y@JFK422 I also don’t live in Europe. We have CCPA here in the states, but that’s only for Cali. And doesn’t have much by way of teeth.
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@Root You could still bomb their.... no you can't make jokes about that in 2021. Assassinate their.... wait no.
Ugh.
Threaten to switch to similarly evil competitor?
Bad-mouth them on Twitter?
Hmm. The options a consumer has to pressure companies into more ethical behavior make me feel like pouring an extra large glass of cognac. -
Root825404y@bittersweet It’s interesting how too much civility quickly leads to an uncivilized dystopia.
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Not to defend trackers but you're probably detecting all the opt-out requests sent to every company they've ever shared data with. They can't just drop you from their database because a lot of analytics and advertising companies keep their own servers.
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Root825404y@ThisIsOra Perhaps. Here’s the do not sell page if you’re curious: https://t-mobile.com/dns
Also: the page is still reporting that it’s having issues. -
Root825404y@TopsyKretts While the page is “having trouble,” it hides the opt out slider. It’s still “having trouble.”
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Sugar6894yJeez... either people’s don’t care about their job or they’re intentional. Now it seems to be the latter.
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I just got a text from T-Mobile telling me about their updated privacy policy and that I can “opt out.” So, naturally I do exactly this.
After a little bit, I land on their “Do not sell my data” page and discover that, not only does it have 175+ trackers,
it doesn’t even fucking work. Also, on the desktop version of the site, the very control allowing the user to opt out of having their data shared/sold doesn’t even render.
These are all absolutely inexcusable.
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