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Everyone knows your location

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Everyone knows your location

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

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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Google play services betrays you.

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

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