Facebook vs Threads
Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Threads scores 64 and Facebook 41, so Threads is 23 points ahead.
Who is ahead on what
The longer bar is the better one on every axis; a score is the mean of its six axes. The arithmetic behind each is on the app's own card.
- Axes: Threads leads on 4 axes, Facebook on none; 2 axes are level.
- Trackers: Facebook carries 8 trackers, Threads 5 trackers; fewer is better.
- Dangerous permissions: Facebook may ask for 11 permissions, Threads for 8 permissions.
The six axes
Each axis is one short rule applied to both apps, with the one thing that decided its number underneath.
TrackersFacebook 8 · Threads 5
The advertising, analytics and attribution SDKs recognised in each app. What only one of them carries is what sets it apart.
Dangerous permissionsFacebook 11 · Threads 8
The permissions Android asks the user about at run time: the camera, the microphone, the location, the contacts and the like. An app may need one for what it does; asking is not the same as using.
Where this comes from
Both are the apps' public cards: what anyone may know of an app, from its newest public version - one Google Play installed, and out in the world. Each card has the score's lines and the earlier versions: Facebook, Threads.