Fascinating read. Please STOP using META products and services…
The covert tracking—implemented in the Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica trackers—allows Meta and Yandex to bypass core security and privacy protections provided by both the Android operating system and browsers that run on it. Android sandboxing, for instance, isolates processes to prevent them from interacting with the OS and any other app installed on the device, cutting off access to sensitive data or privileged system resources. Defenses such as state partitioning and storage partitioning, which are built into all major browsers, store site cookies and other data associated with a website in containers that are unique to every top-level website domain to ensure they’re off-limits for every other site.
PotatoLibre@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
This assume we have a Facebook app on the phone in oder to work, right?
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Facebook, Instagram or Yandex. Question is if any Meta App (eg WhatsApp) does the same
Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It definitely was enough for me to get rid of WhatsApp. But I was kind of looking for an excuse
PotatoLibre@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
I don’t use much of Fb (or Ig, BlueSky), but I always use them on browser even on the phone. I’ve any app installed for social medias except Lemmy.
In my case they shouldn’t be able to track me, or?
cotlovan@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Samsung phones come with Facebook services pre-installed, with no way to remove it.
PotatoLibre@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
I guess you can deactivate them.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
One of the things that pushed me into the loving arms of GrapheneOS actually.