News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Sensor Tower owns ad blocker and VPN apps that collect user data. Parent comment

Re:Sensor Tower owns ad blocker and VPN apps that collect us... by chimen on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:45PM (#22532300)
Even that setup fails: https://blog.dnsadblock.com/you-are-still-being-tracked-even...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Sensor Tower owns ad blocker and VPN apps that collect us... by mrob on Monday March 09, 2020 @11:18PM (#22532460)
Already fixed in uBlock Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.25.0
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Sensor Tower owns ad blocker and VPN apps that collect us... by GoblinSlayer on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:29AM (#22534278)
Looks like sites use first party trackers too for some reason, see the pixel at the end of another posted article: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-opt-out-illusion/ (it's fully packed with trackers though).
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Sensor Tower owns ad blocker and VPN apps that collect us... by nabeelms on Monday March 09, 2020 @11:24PM (#22532488)
That issue was fixed in the latest release of uBlock Origin. That's why it required the additional permissions for DNS.
[ Parent | on HN ]