Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store

Re:Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store by fjsolwmv on Saturday May 12, 2018 @05:18PM (#17056062)

If you log into Facebook on web, then visit any other site, they send your browsing info to Facebook via Like button.

The Facebook app is more sandboxed, since it can't snoop on your web browsing.

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Re:Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store by mkl on Saturday May 12, 2018 @07:59PM (#17056672)

The Facebook app can and does track your physical location, among other things.

I think the real answer is "Don't use Facebook" or "If you must use Facebook, do it through Tor Browser".

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Re:Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store by michaelmrose on Sunday May 13, 2018 @02:39AM (#17057636)

The facebook app for quite a while was actually sending facebook data about your phone calls and sms so guess again.

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Re:Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store by scarface74 on Sunday May 13, 2018 @02:42PM (#17060284)

Only on Android....they couldn't do that on iOS.

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Re:Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store by viraptor on Saturday May 12, 2018 @05:42PM (#17056167)

The like button can't track you if you block it ;-)

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Re:Malware Found in the Ubuntu Snap Store by Casseres on Saturday May 12, 2018 @11:00PM (#17057171)

I use a seperate web browser on my phone for Firefox and Gmail. Everything else, I use Firefox.

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