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Comment by NavinF

2 years ago

Yeah that has literally nothing to do with their app. If you submitted your data on their website, it'd be leaked just the same

You're implying that the data from the app is stored in a different more secure manner than the data from the website? That makes zero sense. The fact that they got hacked and is the only thing that matters, not which mode of input you provided the data they did not protect.

  • No, I'm asserting that the app acquires as much data as the website (ie. whatever you typed into their forms) and it gets leaked all the same. Refusing to install the app makes no sense if you still use the website

    • An app absolutely can track more data than a website. You don't have the website open/active on your phone at all times, but you have the app installed at all times, even when it's not running.

      You do know that apps can record data in the background, right?

      A website is also sandboxed by your browser in a much stricter manner than an app is on your phone, at least by default.

      I don't have specific information on the Ticketmaster app here, but to say that an app is the same as website from a tracking perspective on a phone is absurd.

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