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.”

  • hauiOPMA
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    1 day ago

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

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      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.

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