Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android

Re:Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android by hereme888 on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:15AM (#44177168)

I remember a few years ago analyzing a modern Samsung phone's web traffic. It had by far the most ad-related and monetizing connections out of any other phone I've ever seen. And they were part of "necessary" functions, so you couldn't just block that traffic.

Samsung has great tech, but I avoid because it's so bloated and abusive.

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Re:Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android by someNameIG on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @03:07AM (#44177945)

My Samsung phone has Netflix, Spotify, and some Microsoft stuff installed, but nothing from Meta.

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Re:Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android by jeroenhd on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @09:35AM (#44180580)

I think Samsung stopped preinstalling Facebook's weird services a while back. Xiaomi still seems to be shipping Facebook last time I checked, though.

Even outside of Samsung a lot of "normal" apps come packed with Facebook crap because of Facebook's SDK (for the "log in with Facebook" button). There was that one incident where many/most iOS apps didn't open anymore because Meta fucked something up on their servers that crashed every app with the Facebook SDK inside of it (https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-sdk-ios-apps-spotify-ti...).

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Re:Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android by danieldk on Friday June 06, 2025 @05:27AM (#44199185)

Even the flagship Galaxy S25 (OEM, unlocked) has Facebook services preinstalled.

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