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New Advertisement and Internet connection permissions for Simple SMS Messenger on Google Play Store... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by reactive_recall@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oof, those permissions alone scream proprietary spyware. There's no more speculation here, it has officially become enshittified.

[–] mnglw@beehaw.org 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

that's because that's what happened. Simple mobile tools got bought out by a company known for exactly that: putting ads and spyware in apps

thankfully since its open source, there's already a fork in the works called Fossify

[–] labbbb@thelemmy.club 1 points 9 months ago

That's why I love open source