Good thing that dystopian company is already getting sued
An investigation exposes data brokers using ads to help track almost any phone
Submitted 6 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world
Submitted 6 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world
Good thing that dystopian company is already getting sued
ryper@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
They’re tracking people using their phone’s advertising ID. Here’s an EFF post about resetting it.
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 6 months ago
Thank you