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*wakes up* oh! good morning everyone

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(feel free to tell me if anyone has a swe internship next year i'm trying to get that figured out early :ablobfoxbongohyper: )

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@chrisisgr8 says a lot about our society

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@chrisisgr8 @kuriko Subscribe to Clock Premium+ to unlock seconds

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@catsalad@infosec.exchange @chrisisgr8@tech.lgbt @kuriko@wetdry.world and subscribe to Clock Premium Pro AI ✨ for the latest AI Time™ technology

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@catsalad@infosec.exchange @chrisisgr8@tech.lgbt @kuriko@wetdry.world features include:
- AI Time™: timezones are too complicated, so we send your GPS location to our servers in real time and let the AI calculate the appropriate offset
- AI Alarm™: no more setting alarms manually! Our AI will decide when it's time for you to wake up
- AI Sleep Tracking™: we will analyze data from your microphone and camera on our AI servers to learn your sleep patterns and display them in the app. This data will also help your AI Alarm™ decide when to wake you up
- Your privacy is safe: We and our 62738362626 partners promise to always keep your sensitive data safe using the latest military-grade base64 encryption technology

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@luna @chrisisgr8 @kuriko

  • AI Snooze™: now 50% more likely to be later than the alarm!
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@luna @catsalad @chrisisgr8 2024 August Update (3.27.1135.79b3357):

• By popular demand, we are introducing the new Stopwatch and Timer feature, based on our new IntelligenTime AI Engine! Instead of having to input the time for your timer or having to remember to stop the stopwatch, our patent pending AI technology will automagically start and stop the timers and stopwatches for you!**
• Subscription required after 30 day free trial, £5.99/mo.
• This app now requires your microphone and camera, and precise location permission to improve your user experience

Edit:
2024 September Update (3.27.1139.4b3417):

  • This update contains updated privacy policy and GDPR compliance measures as a part of our settlement with the European Union on the case GDPR/2024/735/09. For more information about this settlement please go to the following url:

myIntelligenTime.ai/press_release/2024-08-31/settlement_with_eu_2024.html?ga_id=3358akf aHdnwHsptw81pajBdoaKWieOepq950&cfid=1159300561870&meta_tracking_token=AgVdnw0184jfPanfjrua

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@kuriko @luna @catsalad @chrisisgr8 unquitable modal about privacy policy

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@luna @catsalad @chrisisgr8 @kuriko AI Time Technology consists of collecting sound level, geolocalization and light level data and comparing it to an extensive database to guess the time! It's future Time!

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@chrisisgr8 If a clock needs a privacy policy it's doing something that should be illegal, but isn't because of money. 🫠

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@gilgwath @chrisisgr8 Or by regulatory or vendor policy, all apps are required to have a privacy policy including the Clock app (see jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.ht)

But why have such a seemingly nonsensical policy? Likely due to rampant abuse and excessive data gathering by bad actor apps that reflect the core values of surveillance capitalism - hoover up as much personal data as possible for resale and abuse. Line must go up, shareholder value must be enhanced by any means necessary.

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@chrisisgr8 come to the Fossify side :blobcatbreadpeek:

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@xerz oh wait now that seems interesting :komi_lurk:

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@xerz @chrisisgr8 Didn't Fossify get acquired by a gross company? I think a new group forked all of the Fossify apps & maintains them properly now to keep away from that company.

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@jackemled @chrisisgr8 Fossify is the fork, it comes from Simple Mobile Tools

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@xerz @chrisisgr8 Oh ok! I had it backwards :neocat_flop__w:

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@chrisisgr8 this was the las straw that finally pushed me to de-google
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@ay @chrisisgr8
Nextcloud to replace google drive, calendar, contacts and photos etc.

New pipe / freetube instead of official YouTube front end

Tidal instead of YouTube music


E os and later on lineage with micro g instead of stock android


Mailbox.org instead of gmail
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@chrisisgr8@tech.lgbt

"We and our 4328756 partners are interested in your phone calls, contacts list, app usage, calendar data,...
:neofox_pleading:​ "

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@chrisisgr8 No. It only masquerades as a clock.

Delete the spyware.

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@chrisisgr8 WHY IS THERE A PRIVACY POLICY FOR A CLOCK 😭🙏🙏

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@chrisisgr8 They gotta make sure you can't sue them if your phone shows you a wrong time and you miss your bus.

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@chrisisgr8
Shit shame him..tell him the time is wrong...

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@chrisisgr8
"Well, if you wanna have some *winks* private time, check this out..."

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@chrisisgr8 Sure, but if you used to set certain timers and alarms every 28 days, then suddenly stop, I'm going to assume you are pregnant and sell that information to your right wing government so they can monitor you and make sure you don't get an abortion.

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@chrisisgr8 they are probably selling your alarm clock to ads people

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@chrisisgr8 CC @pluralistic This whole thread

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@chrisisgr8@tech.lgbt it does show the weather though and can use youtube music for alarm sounds, so this does actually make sense

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@theking i noticed the weather right after i posted this and im pretty annoyed it can't apparently be turned off lmao

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@chrisisgr8@tech.lgbt yeah lol, I don't need the weather in London lol

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@chrisisgr8 i think for my mental health i shouldn't ask why a clock app has a privacy policy

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@chrisisgr8 And if you buy clock+ we'll use gemini to query the time every second

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@chrisisgr8 a *google* clock

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@chrisisgr8
Next: find out about our clock AI features! You'd think "what does a clock need AI for?" Well we thought about it too but we figured it! Take the tour!

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@chrisisgr8
"By continuing to use this clock app you accept that:-

* This clock will track your use of time, all the time, even when you are wasting it.

* We may withdraw time without notice. You are responsible for saving your own time.

* We do not guarantee that time will move forward at a constant rate in the fourth dimension. Back-up your clock to avoid disorientation.

* We may switch your time to an alternative dimension without notice.

* Time may stop at any, er, time."