Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera Lens

Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by spac on Sunday January 06, 2019 @01:47AM (#18836972)

But you do have the option to purchase phones running operating systems that implement tighter and more credible controls. I believe that companies understand nothing better that consumer dollars.

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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by glandium on Sunday January 06, 2019 @01:57AM (#18836998)

The fact that I could prevent the app from using the GPS says the OS does have the tight controls already. This is not a problem of permissions model.

Also, the only non Android phones are essentially from Apple, and they are too big for my taste. (also, ridiculously expensive ; also, my wife uses iPhones, they all ended their (short) career with a swollen battery; not sure what she does with them)

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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by zoul on Sunday January 06, 2019 @02:14AM (#18837047)

iPhone SE is small and fairly cheap.

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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by metildaa on Sunday January 06, 2019 @02:29AM (#18837100)

Its also a redheaded stepchild that Apple has discontinued without a replacement, not a great place to migrate to if you want a new phone of similar size in 3 or 4 years running iOS.

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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by maigret on Sunday January 06, 2019 @04:01AM (#18837375)

Of course it’s all hypothetical, but many pundits are betting on a comeback of a SE type of iPhone, as the expensive strategy is not working for Apple.

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