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Re:It Takes Just $1k to Track Someone's Location with Mobile... by dsgfhasgjklas on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:40PM (#15502800)
> Ads are not the main privacy issue any longer, since there’s client-side protection against them.

Not really, though, at least for ios. On android there are at least firefox + extensions, but there's nothing quite capable/available on ios at the moment.

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Re:It Takes Just $1k to Track Someone's Location with Mobile... by djrogers on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:30PM (#15503337)
What? There have been iOS ad blockers for ages, with official APIs and support since iOS 9.
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Re:It Takes Just $1k to Track Someone's Location with Mobile... by dsgfhasgjklas on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:32PM (#15503358)
Right, and none of them come close to a well-configured ublock install. I happen to use purify (after choosing it over others) and regularly see both ads and tracking network requests.
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