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An investigation exposes data brokers using ads to help track almost any phone (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They're tracking people using their phone's advertising ID. How to Disable Ad ID Tracking on iOS and Android, and Why You Should Do It Now

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 8 points 1 month ago

Thank you

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Good thing that dystopian company is already getting sued by a privacy group

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 1 month ago

I got nothing to hide 🤡

When the investigator said they were thinking about getting into government work, the salesperson said “that’s good enough” and “they don’t actually check,” as reported by 404 Media.

I trust rent seekers to follow the laws and corpo policy