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Outlook got updated on my iPhone last night and now they want me to agree to having my data shared with 807 partners.

Important note: I don’t use outlook as my primary email provider. I use Proton with a custom domain but I keep outlook for some old emails.

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[-] Chup@feddit.de 102 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's not that they now changed something with data collection and sharing within the update. They always did it, all services free of charge do it and most that cost money likely take the extra money as well.

It's now that they tell you in a short and informative way (1st sentence) and ask for your consent.

What's really infuriating, are websites and services that have an "Accept All" button but no "Reject All". Instead you have to manage individually and sometimes I have to flip 30 separate buttons to disable data sharing, where they even call advertisers a 'necessary 3rd party' requiring interaction on top.

[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 38 points 9 months ago

That was a loophole to the original GDPR. That's now against the law in the EU, but bringing cases against all these sites is time consuming.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 10 points 9 months ago

Now they need to make asking for ID to access or delete data illegal.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

There is usually now a "reject all but essential" button. Well, it's an improvement.

[-] colorsoloud@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago

I always flip the 30 buttons and then accidentally click Accept All because it’s in the place that I would expect the Confirm My Choices button to be and I am tired of looking at all the buttons and don’t read the most important one. I always tell myself I’ll slow down next time, but I’m just trying to get to the stupid website to read whatever stupid link I clicked on so I’m impatient every time.

[-] brrt@sh.itjust.works 35 points 9 months ago

This is by design. It’s called dark patterns.

[-] colorsoloud@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Yep and I hate it

[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

They do this too by putting the reject all at the bottom. So insidious.

[-] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

There are extensions for that.

In Firefox Consent-o-matic and Ghostry both do a good job in android and Linux/Windows.

I have no idea if they have that on iOS though given Apple forces browser makers to reskin Webkit.

[-] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

30? I've come across website that in this case would list out all 807 partners.

[-] SpaghettiYeti@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I did one once where it was like 400 toggles. Took me 10 minutes. I did it just to see how ridiculous it was. I don't remember what site it was but I definitely never went back.

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