https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/aa5300b3-1b7c-4ac6-8d90-56c833d8fa78 A former mobile game developer and an expert at centralized web technology talks about how apps and companies track and handle your personal data. Ask David questions on the The Hated One subreddit Q&A thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/thehatedone/comments/b6rtxi/former_mobile_game_developer_discloses_hidden/ Use his reddit handle u/davegson to make sure he gets notified about your comments. Or reach him on Twitter https://twitter.com/davegson He is also a co-founder of safing.io. The book mentioned: Timestamps in the description. Q&A on our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thehatedone/comments/b6rtxi/former_mobile_game_developer_discloses_hidden/ David can be reached on Twitter as well: twitter.com/davegson The book mentioned: https://inteltechniques.com/book2.html TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro Hated 1:00 - Talk starts - small talk - introduction 2:53 - Introduction to the backend - what David worked on 6:08 - Davids responsibility in the company 10:49 - Timestamps and intro to data collection 13:15 - What specific data was stored? 17:58 - Who had access to the data? 22:28 - Analytic Companies 27:12 - Google Analytics & Trigger Points 34:03 - What can Google see through Google Analytics on iOS devices? 38:10 - GDPR - the affects on the company 40:40 - Why collect data? 45:26 - Employee access to the data 50:40 - Zooming into people 54:05 - What changed for David? Why quit the job? 58:05 - Why did David move into the privacy realm? 59:36 - Surveillance Capitalism & Free Speech 1:00:52 - Why does privacy matter? 1:03:55 - The bias of algorithms 1:08:45 - How does AI make decisions? 1:11:33 - How is the AI bias abused? 1:14:20 - What it means to give governments & regimes this power 1:18:35 - Part 2: Start of Questions 1:19:00 - What happens when you delete Facebook? 1:22:42 - How much data can be collected from a 'normal' person living a life without protecting their privacy? 1:25:02 - Why should I care if I have nothing to hide? 1:28:10 - Do you think Google/FB/Amazon secretly are listening to your Phones/Home Assistants? 1:34:06 - What are some use cases of collected data and what are some the worst consequences being used? 1:36:20 - Are there any privacy offenders that aren't commonly known as such? 1:43:40 - How do apps collect data and do companies have power to overcome your denial when the app asks for some kind of permission? 1:49:54 - What steps did you take to protect your privacy? 1:56:26 - Compartmentalization on mobile phones? 2:04:30 - Best methods to find and neutralize all/most data recorded of us since the beginning of the Internet? 2:06:30 - What are the ways mobile games manipulate their players for profit? And possible solutions to make the mobile gaming industry less creepy? 2:17:00 - Thoughts about Purism 2:17:50 - Final thoughts & outro Bitcoin: 1C7UkndgpQqjTrUkk8pY1rRpmddwHaEEuf Dash Xm4Mc5gXhcpWXKN84c7YRD4GSb1fpKFmrc Litecoin LMhiVJdFhYPejMPJE7r9ooP3nm3DrX4eBT Ethereum 0x6F8bb890E122B9914989D861444Fa492B8520575 Follow me: https://twitter.com/The_HatedOne_ https://www.bitchute.com/TheHatedOne/ https://www.reddit.com/r/thehatedone/ https://www.minds.com/The_HatedOne The footage and images featured in the video were for critical analysis, commentary and parody, which are protected under the Fair Use laws of the United States Copyright act of 1976. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:52:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/aa5300b3-1b7c-4ac6-8d90-56c833d8fa78 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.