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

submitted 1 month ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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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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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 20 points 1 month ago

Why do they need to know my screen brightness, memory amount, current volume and if I'm wearing headphones?

Fingerprinting and helps triangulate who you are and habits.

[–] staircase@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i have a dumbphone, suckerrrrs

[–] IceFoxX@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

You have SS7, suckerrrr. ;)

[–] staircase@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

curious, thanks for the heads up, time to use my yubikey. I can't imagine anyone would bother tracking my phone with its niche proprietary OS. 2FA hacking, however ...

[–] IceFoxX@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Project from a friend http://gameindustry.eu/