CrocodilloBombardino@piefed.social to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agoEveryone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app adstimsh.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEveryone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app adstimsh.orgCrocodilloBombardino@piefed.social to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
How I tracked myself down using leaked location data in the in-app ads, and what I found along the way.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoAm I the only person who doesn’t use apps with in-app ads?
minus-squareChais@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoI avoid them if possible and block the ads if not.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoPart of why I root is to block them using Ad-away.
Am I the only person who doesn’t use apps with in-app ads?
I avoid them if possible and block the ads if not.
Part of why I root is to block them using Ad-away.
I just block with custom DNS.