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Everyone knows your location (timsh.org)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] asunaspersonalasst 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Does turning off wifi, force stopping apps, clearing cache, and using a privacy friendly browser work? I been doing that for years and I don't see any intrusive/malicious/super specific targeted ads, heck, ads had been minimal and only appear while I use apps.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

It is about ads in apps and how they track you.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Google play services betrays you.

Use https://grapheneos.org/ and it sandboxes Google play for you, but ironically requires a Google Pixel phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

@ParetoOptimalDev @asunaspersonalasst That's the thing that put me off. I brain couldn't reconcile the idea of de-Googling by buying something from Google.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Took delivery of a Pixel 9 last Thursday after 16 years of iPhones. Within an hour of delivery I had it on Graphene and after a few days of VEEEEERY steep learning curve I'm really enjoying using it.

I have absolutely no idea how any of the sandboxing stuff works, and could stand to have fewer notifications warning me what the system is doing, but overall it's pretty straightforward.

[–] Zak 6 points 1 week ago

Preferring websites to apps when possible makes this approach more effective. If you use apps with ads in them, they will likely get sensitive information as described in the article.

System wide ad blocking helps more. Private DNS is the easiest way; Mullvad provides a free option.