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Ads in popular apps exposed a mountain of your location data to hackers (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by GreenEngineering3475 to c/privacy

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The ads you're viewing in popular apps have been co-opted by companies harvesting your location data — and now hackers have it.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I had set up ad suppression on my home network. The very next day my wife and kids hold an intervention. When I play my games I can't watch the ads and get the credits, and the top links on Google don't work anymore.

It was a losing battle. Now only the smart devices and I are on the blocking system.

[–] nalinna 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That totally sucks, I'm sorry. I will freely admit to being annoyed when I try to click a top link on Google and being black-holed. Still worth it to not deal with the ads.

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