CrocodilloBombardino@piefed.social to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agoEveryone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app adstimsh.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkEveryone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app adstimsh.orgCrocodilloBombardino@piefed.social to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-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-up25·5 months agoAm I the only person who doesn’t use apps with in-app ads?
minus-squareChais@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoI avoid them if possible and block the ads if not.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months 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.