Popular iPhone apps caught sending user location data to monetization firms

Re:Popular iPhone apps caught sending user location data to ... by sitkack on Saturday September 08, 2018 @03:13AM (#17939846)

How do I blackhole all traffic to these 3rd party data collection companies?

The apps aren't even using their own bandwidth. This is a disgrace that Apple is allowing this and doesn't provide a control to monitor or stop it.

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Re:Popular iPhone apps caught sending user location data to ... by patoh on Monday September 10, 2018 @04:19AM (#17950236)

AdGuard Pro can do DNS blocking on iOS. The default AdGuard server selection will block tracking requests.

If you only want to block malware, or other more serious badness, you can opt for others servers such as Quad9 or OpenDNS .

Edit: AdGuard is also (partially?) opensource - https://github.com/AdguardTeam

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Re:Popular iPhone apps caught sending user location data to ... by dawnerd on Saturday September 08, 2018 @03:32AM (#17939907)

Hopefully someone will add the tracking domains to a pihole list. Doesn't help when you're on the go through unless you vpn to a network you own with a pihole installed.

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Re:Popular iPhone apps caught sending user location data to ... by sitkack on Saturday September 08, 2018 @09:25PM (#17943777)

Sounds like everyone should VPN to a device they control that at least scrubs and analyzes their traffic, whether it is in the cloud or at their home.

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