An investigation exposes data brokers using ads to help track almost any phone (www.theverge.com)
from misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world on 23 Oct 18:29
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HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world on 23 Oct 18:53 next collapse

Good thing that dystopian company is already getting sued by a privacy group

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 23 Oct 19:05 next collapse

I got nothing to hide 🤡

When the investigator said they were thinking about getting into government work, the salesperson said “that’s good enough” and “they don’t actually check,” as reported by 404 Media.

I trust rent seekers to follow the laws and corpo policy

ryper@lemmy.ca on 23 Oct 22:17 collapse

They’re tracking people using their phone’s advertising ID. How to Disable Ad ID Tracking on iOS and Android, and Why You Should Do It Now

On newer versions of iOS apps have to ask for permission to access your device’s advertising ID; Facebook was very unhappy about that. Turning off Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Tracking -> Allow Apps to Request to Track will (should?) keep apps from getting your advertising ID. I’m not sure if Android has anything like that, but Google is an advertising company so my guess is No.

BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk on 23 Oct 22:36 collapse

Thank you