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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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[-] not_me@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago
[-] DoctorPress@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago

No OS gonna protect you from apps spying you. The solution is to not use the said apps.

[-] not_me@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you start with a xiaomi, then a motorola and finally end with a custom rom grapheneos smartphone, your number of trackers and bloatware will have dropped by more than 97%

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

GrapheneOS is not magic.

[-] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Google Play services likely does this too, so to actually protect yourself from this spyware you will need to use either microG or containerized Google Play services like how GrapheneOS has implemented.

[-] PatrickYaa@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago
[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Everyone will have a next phone though.

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