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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads (timsh.org)
submitted 2 days ago by the_abecedarian@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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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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[-] PatrickYaa@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

Not everyone has a pixel.

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Everyone will have a next phone though.

this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2025
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