CrocodilloBombardino@piefed.social to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 13 days agoEveryone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app adstimsh.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkEveryone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app adstimsh.orgCrocodilloBombardino@piefed.social to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
How I tracked myself down using leaked location data in the in-app ads, and what I found along the way.
minus-squaregirsaysdoom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoGoogle 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.
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.