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Re:Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users' web bro... by nuker on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @11:20PM (#44176926)
> 1. User logged into FB or IG app. The app runs in background, and listens for incoming traffic on specific ports.

I happened to be immune, I disabled Background App Refresh in iOS settings. All app notifications still work, except WhatsApp :(

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Re:Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users' web bro... by tonyhart7 on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:46AM (#44177581)
> except whatsapp

> company checks out

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