The worst part of this is AXS will “share with current and future ‘partners’”.
Who will they be partnering with next year? 5 years from now? How are their security measures? Who’s to say!
Whatever info they cull from your contacts, family members, and everything else will just be floating out there forever waiting for a random data breach you won’t pay attention to because you never did business with “ACME Internet”. But surprise, they were partners with AXS in 2019 so they had and lost your info.
I hope you didn’t use your mother’s maiden name, your birthplace, pet names, or anything else for security questions.
Don’t be a blind sheep and install this because you’re going to a shiny place full of shiny things. Protect yourself and people you know.
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Have there been any updates regarding this?
Yea, the app is an industry standard ticket app and the permissions are standard for the things the app can do. The original article was just a hit piece trying to drum up a controversy over nothing.
I wonder about those people who don’t have smart phones.
Who am I kidding this is Blizzard. You all have phones right???
“Yea, the app is an industry standard ticket app and the permissions are standard for the things the app can do.”
Tracks you and may sell your potentially non-anonymized data to third parties. If that’s a “standard” app, no thanks. Also, it has a 2.3/5 star rating on Google Play.
Even a standard app like the Bank of America mobile app has a 4.5/5 rating.
It’s almost like it’s connected to the internet.
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User ratings are useless and don’t mean anything.
Why would you say that unless you have a bunch of low rated apps on your phone? Please do tell.
Oh god I hope they don’t get my beach photos.
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sniff sniff this thread smells a bit rancid…
According to google…
For 2018, the number of smartphone users in the United States is estimated to reach 257.3 million.
Really old survey but:
http s://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/advice/a30675/ninety-percent-millennial-women-take-nude-photos-cosmo-survey/
I am legit befuddled that people think this app would be spyware, while being used by many major areas. And being present on every phone store (GooglePlay, Apple, etc).
I mean. Yall are right. The spyware got past Apple, Google, and all those major convention centers, stadiums, etc.
But you. You saw right through it. I mean, you didn’t actually get the app. Or do anything. But you read some 2nd or 3rd hand permissions data. And you know whats up.
If you read the reviews most complain about things like customer service, needing an internet connection, or having to use the app at all.
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I say that because it’s true. User reviews and ratings are worthless.
But nice try with that fallacy.
I know this thread is old, but ALL apps are spyware.
People crack me up complaining about Facebook’s “invasiveness” but keeping their apps on their phones because they can’t be bothered to remember their password.
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Since you say ratings (which are basically testimonials like game reviews) don’t matter, what low rated apps do you keep on your phone?
How about this.
GooglePlay has a 2.5 rating from 2400 reviews.
Apple Store has a 4.5 rating from 31000 reviews.
That averages out to a 4.17 rating combined.
Sounds good to me!
Thanks for bringing up ratings and how important it is to an App, and it really being a cornerstone to your argument. You must now agree that the App is good now, right?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/axs-tickets/id679805463?mt=8
Well it has 4.6 on Apple and most of the complaints on Google are because Ticketmaster forces some tickets into it. And everyone sells your data, talk to the US Congress for refusing to act on consumer privacy protections. This is the industry standard and its not going to change without a law.
I thought most users had Android phones. I didn’t know that people who play WoW players all had iPhones. My bad!
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This part not /s. Privacy and to a lesser extent security is why people should use an iPhone if they can afford it.
Can you elaborate on this?