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If they were interested in my location they could request location data. What are the odds they are doing this to directly market products to people based on health data?
Inb4 “They already do that based on what you regularly purchase”
Of course, yes they do. This appears to be one more layer on top of it. And surely they wouldn’t share that information with the pharmacy, right?
Bruh
This is specifically the permission to track your movement, not your BMI or other health data. It's to turn your iPhone into a step counter. Probably something they use when you are in the store to help you find items?
Weird how everyone is being upset at this and didn't check what this permission does before piling on.
This comment feels pretty derogatory to me. We know that, and if you had bothered to read the thread before coming in and making assumptions you’d have seen that. You’re missing the point. An enormous amount of information can be inferred by knowing your activity and fitness levels. This guy is on his feet 14 hours a day? Here’s a coupon for some shoe inserts. This guy spent 5 minutes pacing back and forth down the candy isle and didn’t buy anything? We need to give him a nudge to make that purchase. This person does yoga every morning and only buys organic produce? Well, they probably don’t shop at Jewel honestly but hey did you know we carry aluminum free deodorant in the health department? Your motion and fitness data can absolutely be used to infer a general level of healthiness, which is often times (and often incorrectly) also summarized as your BMI.
It was also wisely mentioned elsewhere in the thread that targeting advertising is only the tip of the iceberg as far as what can be done with the profiles these companies build about us. But none of that exactly fits very well into a title for a post.
An enormous amount of information can be inferred by knowing your activity and fitness levels.
No, it's just step count and elevation, to provide more accurate details about your workout.
So you're making shit up to be upset about and can't even be bothered to look up what it means, but the real problem is me being derogatory. Got it.
Because people need something to be enraged about 24/7. That doesn't mean that there isn't plenty out there to be frustrated or upset about, but it's just one more thing to add to the pile.
Also, fact checking. Nah let's just scream into the void about stuff we know nothing about nor can we be bothered to actually check what is happening.
The walmart app does this. If im in a store and want to find what isle it's in, I'll pull it up, and it'll know what store I'm in.
Some people are in for a rude awakening if they think that the slight nuisance of "being shown targeted ads" is the biggest issue with dragnet data collection.
I would delete the app just because they tried
"Hey fatty, come get your icecream you big fat fuck. We reduced it by a dollar so get ten of them and eat until you feel sick, you disgusting whale."
this is why you don't put apps like that on your phone
Inb4 “They already do that based on what you regularly purchase”
People who make this argument piss me off so much. Yeah, my privacy is already almost entirely eroded away. Why on Earth would I decide to let the rest of it go? Sure, Google knows where I live. I guess that's good enough reason to tell you motherfuckers that my address is 7473 W 47th St S, Wichita, KS, 67215. I mean if the data is already out there, what point is there in trying to obfuscate it?
7473 W 47th St S, Wichita, KS, 67215.
Thanks for sharing. Looks like you live in a pretty dry place with few neighbours?
I so quickly and naturally clicked "Don't allow" on my screen and realized a second later that this was a post. I think that's more of a bad thing than a good thing.
Surge pricing. If your BMI is high they charge more for Pringles.
Don’t even suggest it. /s
Is it so that if you're fat they can send you ads for sugary snacks? Cause they know you can't resist. Healthy people get veggie ads, unhealthy people get snacks.
Gotta know your whales.
Yes
I think the reason is likely their "Sincerly Health" program. Why anyone would trust their grocery store with any of their Health Data is beyond me though.
Lots of grocery stores have pharmacies. I wonder if health data collected through the app would be protected by HIPPA...
At least the pharmacies in our grocery stores are separate companies and usually just outside the store.
The ones I'm thinking of are inside the store and owned by the same corporation.
Do you pay in a different place? If so I would guess it's technically a different company.
The pharmacy can ring up anything from the grocery store. And you can pay for OTC drugs at the grocery checkout instead of the pharmacy checkout. It's the same store...
Okay but do OTC drugs handle HIPPA data? I thought that was only prescription drugs.
If that is indeed the case then why are you bringing up OTC drugs?
I brought up OTC drugs to help make my point that the pharmacy and grocery store are the same.
I brought up prescription drugs to help make my point that they probably aren't.
Pretty arrogant to assume they're different companies when you don't even know what stores I'm talking about...
Here's an example of a grocery chain/pharmacy company: https://www.kroger.com/health/pharmacy
They even have gas stations. Costco is another example, but they do a lot more than groceries (automotive work, etc). Not sure why you think one store can't offer multiple services?
Apparently they consider me a security risk. Can't fault them, to be honest.
I guess Jewel Osco is not into vegan cheesecake. A shame, because I think you're delicious!
Thanks, darling. Though I gotta admit I had some pretty mediocre versions of, well, me, so I guess I'm hit or miss.
Everyone has the potential for improvement and you're just getting better with time <3
i nearly pressed allow when i saw this