Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Instagram and Facebook

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Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Instagram and Facebook

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lemmy.blahaj.zone

As if Google don't do the same

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lemm.ee

Still a bad thing

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sopuli.xyz

Let them fight

real_squids

sopuli.xyz

"It's really concerning because it negates every privacy control that you have in modern browsers and also in modern mobile platforms like Android," said Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, associate professor at IMDEA Networks, to Sky News.

It's kinda funny, considering Chrome is one of the least private browsers out.

Also, why am I not surprised by this:

Firefox, Microsoft Edge and DuckDuckGo browsers were also affected, with Firefox owner Mozilla and DuckDuckGo engineers taking action to stop any future covert tracking.

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lemdro.id

What if I've got Instagram locked in a sandbox?