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”you authorize us to collect and use the following data: your first and last name, email address, phone number, and personal photos”

Excuse me?

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Yes, we use standard firebase auth service and display the avatar and profile name. This is my profile https://unschooler.me/profile/lena-dorogenskaya-1578. Also, under the hood we are analyzing tags of videos that users liked. Without this, the prediction is impossible. Actually, I don’t know how photos appeared in the scope, it must be a mistake or default settings. We will fix it.

It is not a mistake of application scope settings. The text is in your privacy policy, verbatim.

I see. In this case, it only applies to the profile picture or avatar.

You have to understand everything in this looks like a Russian play to harvest personal data, likely in an effort to create more believable puppet accounts on social media.

Can you at least confirm this is the case and not try to play it off like it wasn’t?

Interesting thought, thanks for sharing. But I disagree, it doesn't look like that.

I can confirm that we are not Russian and use the Google firebase authentication service with default settings, like Canva, Figma, Miro and any other online tool on the Internet.

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