Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out

Re:Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Op... by hmokiguess on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @12:22PM (#47767668)

Apologies in advance an excuse my ignorance as I am going on a hunch here and don't have much rather than perhaps frustration driving my comment, but it feels like this isn't the first and nor will be the last we find stuff like this.

I can't help but think they will pay the fines and go on continuing doing this, which makes it seem like it just evolved into a scheme where the government now takes their cut.

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Re:Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Op... by nextzck on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @01:18PM (#47768429)

Sadly this isn’t even that bad compared to what’s in their own app binaries. If you’ve got an old iPhone you can jb and some claude usage to spare I highly recommend hooking up a ghidra mcp so you can see for yourself.

I don’t have any of their apps on my phone. And there is no known method to get rid of the trackers in your iCloud keychain.

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Re:Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Op... by tlibert on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @12:26PM (#47767731)

I've been at this 15 years now, and it's neither the first nor last thing I'll do. We call the site "Global Privacy Audit" because California is first. The laws in California are weaker than elsewhere in the world. This is a warm up for the main dish.

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