Threads new ‘Supplemental Privacy Policy’ (Instagram link) says they’ll collect (from fediverse users interacting with Threads users):

  • Username
  • Profile Picture
  • IP Address
  • Name of Third Party Service
  • Posts from profile
  • Post interactions (Follow, Like, Reshare, Mentions)

From the linked article:

“Granted, these sound like basic table stakes for federation to work well within the Fediverse. Most Mastodon servers collect roughly about the same amount of data for basic features to work correctly. But again, Meta is first and foremost an advertising and data harvesting company…”

  • ryan@the.coolest.zone
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    1 year ago

    I realize we’re all on the “fuck Meta” train (and yes, fuck 'em), but I will note that my kbin instance is also collecting all of that from y’all just due to how federation works (except for IP address I believe).