▲ 87 ▼ Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads (timsh.org) submitted 11 months ago by the_abecedarian@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ca 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments How I tracked myself down using leaked location data in the in-app ads, and what I found along the way.
[+] not_me@piefed.social 5 points 11 months ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] DoctorPress@lemmy.zip 10 points 11 months ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent [+] not_me@piefed.social 0 points 11 months ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 11 months ago GrapheneOS is not magic. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] DoctorPress@lemmy.zip 10 points 11 months ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent [+] not_me@piefed.social 0 points 11 months ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 11 months ago GrapheneOS is not magic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] not_me@piefed.social 0 points 11 months ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 11 months ago GrapheneOS is not magic. permalink fedilink source parent