You just can't finish off Zuckerberg.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/897462

“Meta devised an ingenious system (“localhost tracking”) that bypassed Android’s sandbox protections to identify you while browsing on your mobile phone — even if you used a VPN, the browser’s incognito mode, and refused or deleted cookies in every session.”

  • NickwithaC@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    I’m so glad I’ve never installed any of meta’s apps and never used any of their services and never will.

    I bet they’re doing this with WhatsApp too. The “privacy” focussed messenger service. I just wish there was a way to get everyone I know to stop living in it like a fish in water.

    • hauiOPMAEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      You wont like the rest I have to tell you. The problem isnt whatsapp. Its the system. Its needs to go.

      • NickwithaC@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        It’s an exploit in android, yes. But it’s meta who found it and instead of responsibly reporting it they took advantage. A parasitic move from a company that shouldn’t exist.

        • hauiOPMAEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          No, sorry. Not the operating system. At least not that of the phone. The other system.