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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads (timsh.org)

submitted 1 month ago by the_abecedarian@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ca

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How I tracked myself down using leaked location data in the in-app ads, and what I found along the way.

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[–] not_me@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Switch to grapheneos NOW

[–] DoctorPress@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No OS gonna protect you from apps spying you. The solution is to not use the said apps.

[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Google Play services likely does this too, so to actually protect yourself from this spyware you will need to use either microG or containerized Google Play services like how GrapheneOS has implemented.

[–] not_me@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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%

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

GrapheneOS is not magic.

[–] PatrickYaa@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not everyone has a pixel.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Everyone will have a next phone though.