Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your Phone's Mic

Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by bergie on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @03:40PM (#16539671)

I think Android has features for detecting whether the device is rooted. Facebook could then disable spying, in effect Volkswagening the situation

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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by mscrivo on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @03:46PM (#16539720)

Magisk (Android root utility) has the ability to hide itself very well. Google Pay and most, if not all, banking apps are not able to detect it. It is a cat and mouse game for sure, but so far the Magisk developers are keeping ahead of that curve.

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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by joncrane on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:57PM (#16540309)

Wasn't the most active development on Magisk from when Pokemon Go was really big? I remember there being an arms race with Niantic at some point.

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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by code_duck on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:32PM (#16540102)

If I’m not mistaken, it is common for windows malware to act differently if it is running inside a VM, to avoid analysis.

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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by pnutjam on Thursday March 08, 2018 @11:02AM (#16545142)

Yeah, then you'd be <a href=https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=munsoned>mun...

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