How I tracked myself down using leaked location data in the in-app ads, and what I found along the way.
  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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    25 days ago

    And I just remembered I’m not running NextDNS or PiHole on this phone.

    I wonder if Android is as lax as iOS on the cross-app sharing.

    • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
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      25 days ago

      I have zero social media apps or games on my phone but my pihole is still getting a hell of a workout. This is nuts.

      • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
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        25 days ago

        Also consider outside your home too - either permantly VPNing back through your home network, or (ie for Android) Tracker Control, which will block most ad / sdk / geo trackers that it knows about.

      • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
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        25 days ago

        The Pi-Hole itself is very straightforward if you’re cool with using docker - the example docker-compose.yaml on Docker Hub just worked for me. But getting your devices to use the Pi-Hole instead of their usual DNS server can be harder than it should be.

  • tomyhaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    25 days ago

    The Facebook tracking when not installed on the iphone is strange as I thought only android is pre installed in the background not iOS.