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'''Data lock-in''' limits how device owners can access and manage data stored on the device they own. For example, some mobile applications store user data in a way they can only be viewed from inside the app, with no possibility of creating backups or moving them to external storage to free space. Many social media platforms make it difficult to export data. '''Data portability''' is a more consumer-friendly approach, where it is easy to move data from one application or platform to alternatives. | '''Data lock-in''' limits how device owners can access and manage data stored on the device they own. For example, some mobile applications store user data in a way they can only be viewed from inside the app, with no possibility of creating backups or moving them to external storage to free space. Many social media platforms make it difficult to export data. '''Data portability''' is a more consumer-friendly approach, where it is easy to move data from one application or platform to alternatives. | ||
==How it works== | |||
There are many ways. The most common being: | |||
*"Reverse" {{Wplink|Sandbox (computer security)|sandbox}}: consists of (ab)using sandboxing to prevent the user from accessing their own data. This could be considered as [[malicious compliance]]. | |||
*[[Digital rights management|DRM]] | |||
*Proprietary formats | |||
*Encryption | |||
[[Android]] and [[iOS]] both have sandbox mechanisms.<ref>https://source.android.com/docs/security/app-sandbox</ref><ref>https://support.apple.com/guide/security/security-of-runtime-process-sec15bfe098e/web</ref> | |||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
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===Text messages=== | ===Text messages=== | ||
The built-in text messaging applications of both | The built-in text messaging applications of both Android and iOS lack a built-in local export option. | ||
On Android, the third-party app "SMS Backup+" can create exports, but they can not be directly stored locally, only uploaded to the middleman Gmail, which requires Internet connection and a Google account, and can cease to function at any time due to Google API changes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250314125929/https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/974 Feature request: save to local file · Issue #974 · jberkel/sms-backup-plus · GitHub]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250313124817/https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/1110 SMS -Backup+ unable to log into my email to backup SMS messages · Issue #1110 · jberkel/sms-backup-plus · GitHub]</ref> | On Android, the third-party app "SMS Backup+" can create exports, but they can not be directly stored locally, only uploaded to the middleman Gmail, which requires Internet connection and a Google account, and can cease to function at any time due to Google API changes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250314125929/https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/974 Feature request: save to local file · Issue #974 · jberkel/sms-backup-plus · GitHub]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250313124817/https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/1110 SMS -Backup+ unable to log into my email to backup SMS messages · Issue #1110 · jberkel/sms-backup-plus · GitHub]</ref> | ||
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*this takes lots of time and manual work | *this takes lots of time and manual work | ||
*the resulting files can not be searched for text (unless | *the resulting files can not be searched for text (unless {{Wplink|Optical character recognition|OCR}} is applied) | ||
*the resulting files will be much larger in size than a plain-text-based export would be | *the resulting files will be much larger in size than a plain-text-based export would be | ||
*[[Screenshot blocking|screen-capturing isn't always an option]] | *[[Screenshot blocking|screen-capturing isn't always an option]] | ||
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Permanent local copies are necessary to preserve Internet history when YouTube ceases to operate: | Permanent local copies are necessary to preserve Internet history when YouTube ceases to operate: | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote>Whenever I tell people that we need to plan for the day when YouTube goes offline, I mostly receive weird reactions. It seems to be the case that people can't think of YouTube being gone. Unfortunately, I'm convinced that most people will face the day when we lose this enormous library of videos.<ref>[https://karl-voit.at/cloud-dependencies/ My Dependencies on the Cloud] - Karl Voit ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260216041319/https://karl-voit.at/cloud-dependencies/ Archived])</ref></blockquote> | ||
Whenever I tell people that we need to plan for the day when YouTube goes offline, I mostly receive weird reactions. It seems to be the case that people can't think of YouTube being gone. Unfortunately, I'm convinced that most people will face the day when we lose this enormous library of videos. | |||
<ref>[https://karl-voit.at/cloud-dependencies/ My Dependencies on the Cloud] - Karl Voit ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260216041319/https://karl-voit.at/cloud-dependencies/ Archived])</ref> | |||
===Telekom Entertain media receiver recordings=== | ===Telekom Entertain media receiver recordings=== | ||
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*[[Enshittification]] | *[[Enshittification]] | ||
*[[Right to own]] | *[[Right to own]] | ||
* | *{{Wplink|Interoperability}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Common terms]] | [[Category:Common terms]] | ||
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