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Yes, the BERN app is real. Link to see for yourself. (Original Post) MelissaB Apr 2019 OP
What does it do? Shell_Seas Apr 2019 #1
It collects personal data shenmue Apr 2019 #2
Kind of like Facebook meets the Patriot Act. (nt) JaneQPublic Apr 2019 #3
Yep. I've seen it called Orwellian and 1984-ish. highplainsdem Apr 2019 #9
Sanders supporters are being asked to add data to the app about everyone they know -- highplainsdem Apr 2019 #5
I like Bernie, but I don't do apps. House of Roberts Apr 2019 #4
Hell no leftofcool Apr 2019 #6
Before anyone downloads the app, consider the data mining it might do on your own phone. highplainsdem Apr 2019 #7
We already know this. n/t demmiblue Apr 2019 #8
Ok, can a Sanders supporter explainwhythis is a good thing? Thx irisblue Apr 2019 #10
They lost the early argument that the app doesn't exist so now they seem to be twisted in the hlthe2b Apr 2019 #11
You've been burned - OhZone Apr 2019 #12
 

shenmue

(38,506 posts)
2. It collects personal data
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:58 AM
Apr 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
3. Kind of like Facebook meets the Patriot Act. (nt)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 12:01 PM
Apr 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

highplainsdem

(49,041 posts)
9. Yep. I've seen it called Orwellian and 1984-ish.
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 12:06 PM
Apr 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

highplainsdem

(49,041 posts)
5. Sanders supporters are being asked to add data to the app about everyone they know --
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 12:02 PM
Apr 2019

family, friends, acquantances -- and apparently they aren't being told they should ask those people's permission first.

That's what the Sanders parties last week were about.

I posted this reply in another thread about the app, quoting misgivings some Sanders supporters had about the app, and the backlash against it:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=99587

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

House of Roberts

(5,184 posts)
4. I like Bernie, but I don't do apps.
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 12:02 PM
Apr 2019

I also don't give out my email for anything but applying to jobs (and a very few places like DU).
I donate via postal money order through snailmail, so I don't donate on impulse.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

highplainsdem

(49,041 posts)
7. Before anyone downloads the app, consider the data mining it might do on your own phone.
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 12:04 PM
Apr 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

demmiblue

(36,893 posts)
8. We already know this. n/t
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 12:05 PM
Apr 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

irisblue

(33,032 posts)
10. Ok, can a Sanders supporter explainwhythis is a good thing? Thx
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 12:46 PM
Apr 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

hlthe2b

(102,376 posts)
11. They lost the early argument that the app doesn't exist so now they seem to be twisted in the
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 12:53 PM
Apr 2019

the new argument that, if less than 12 hours after the first report of its existence there are not multiple peer-reviewed published journal articles on the full analysis of its impacts--with dozens of international and domestic MSM front page articles documenting those findings, then there is nothing there, folks.

To this, I say, if it is benign, why are they so upset that its existence has been exposed and concern is being expressed--even from Bernie supporters. Let it be examined and if it is truly not an issue, win-win, right?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

OhZone

(3,212 posts)
12. You've been burned -
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 01:29 PM
Apr 2019

or Borg'd.

Sorry, I'm from a Star Trek loving family. ha

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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