How Apps on Android Share Data with Facebook (2018)

Re:How Apps on Android Share Data with Facebook (2018) by franky47 on Sunday April 07, 2019 @04:50AM (#19595638)

I use Exodus Privacy [1] to learn more about what SDKs and permissions are used by the app before even installing it, and as a last line of defense, NetGuard [2] which is an open-source VPN-based firewall that lets you block requests to some servers on a per-app basis (some features are paid).

[1] https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/

[2] https://www.netguard.me/

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Re:How Apps on Android Share Data with Facebook (2018) by djaychela on Sunday April 07, 2019 @03:17PM (#19599219)

Well, using exodus privacy to look up some apps that I use has just opened up a portal to hell for me! I had no idea about the depth of the tracking that was happening - I foolishly thought it was only browsing issues I needed to worry about until reading this thread and then looking on there.

Thanks for opening my eyes to this!

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Re:How Apps on Android Share Data with Facebook (2018) by spunker540 on Sunday April 07, 2019 @11:09AM (#19597230)

This doesn’t tell you about any data sharing that happens serverside.

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