The popularity of Meta’s latest social media platform, Threads, has sparked questions within the community. One of these concerns is the amount of data that Threads collects from its users, which is quite substantial and even surpasses competitors in data collection.
Threads Collects This Much Data from Your Phone
Privacy concerns, especially on social media, are issues that require serious attention. This is because there is a vast amount of personal data that can potentially be misused by irresponsible individuals indirectly.
Similarly, with Meta’s latest social media platform, Threads collects this much data from its users, at least according to the information we obtained through Aljazeera.
Based on the image above, Threads collects data from its users in various categories, including:
- Health Information
- Financial Information
- Contact Lists
- Purchase Data
- User’s Photos and Videos
- Diagnostics Data Usage
- Statistics User’s
- Browsing History
- User’s Location Data
- Sensitive Information
- User’s Identity
- User’s Search History
- Other Data (Not specified in detail)
It is not explained what other data is referred to. However, it is possible that this social media platform also has access to users’ calendars and sleep patterns to monitor their activities in a controlled and centralized manner.
All for Advertising Purposes in the Future
The reason behind Threads collecting such extensive data from its hundreds of millions of users is none other than to create an ecosystem for targeted and preference-based advertising in the future.
It is no secret that all social media platforms under Meta’s umbrella enjoy harvesting data from their users. From Facebook to Instagram and WhatsApp, it is not surprising that Threads, a social media platform, will eventually adopt similar practices.
In fact, there is no social media platform that doesn’t collect data from its users. Because without advertising, there would be no revenue for any social media platform, right?
Our message is to always be cautious about what you allow on social media applications. Although it may sound trivial, it is crucial to start doing this now to avoid regrets in the future.
