CrocodilloBombardino@piefed.social to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 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 · 11 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-squarenot_me@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 days agoSwitch to grapheneos NOW
minus-squareDoctorPress@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoNo OS gonna protect you from apps spying you. The solution is to not use the said apps.
minus-squarenot_me@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 days agoIf you start with a xiaomi, then a motorola and finally end with a custom rom grapheneos smartphone, your number of trackers and bloatware will have dropped by more than 97%
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Not everyone has a pixel.
No OS gonna protect you from apps spying you. The solution is to not use the said apps.
If you start with a xiaomi, then a motorola and finally end with a custom rom grapheneos smartphone, your number of trackers and bloatware will have dropped by more than 97%