Everyone knows your location
timsh.org
How I tracked myself down using leaked location data in the in-app ads, and what I found along the way.

An amazing bit of digital detective work here. Seems like Linux mobile is your only off ramp from being exhaustively tracked

    • Morys@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      52·
      2 days ago

      You’d want to be using only Linux apps that weren’t recording and reporting everything. Much easier to get in Linux than Apple/android

      • fishos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        1 day ago

        You know the towers log data too, right? And that websites themselves can track you regardless of what OS you use, right?

        Privacy is good, but stop with this “Linux is a magic weapon” BS.

        • Morys@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          1·
          20 hours ago

          Separate dongle for internet using a hotspot can help. No system is perfect but Linux phone is an excellent first step

          • fishos@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            17 hours ago

            You miss my meaning. All the servers that your info passes through, all the cell towers, etc, can and in many cases do track you(even as just routine loggings). Thinking that running anything makes you more secure while connecting to a giant public network is naive.