You just can't finish off Zuckerberg.

“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.”

  • @unhrpetby@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4•3 days ago

    The solution is to have stronger privacy laws.

    Many people have the power to make certain privacy attacks impossible right now. I consider making that change better for those people than adding a law which can’t stop the behavior, but just adds a negative incentive.

    I wouldn’t wait around for the law to prosecute MITM attacks, I would use end to end encryption.

    Choosing an esoteric system for yourself is a good way for a free people to protect their privacy, but it won’t scale.

    If this is referencing using a barely-used system as a privacy or security protection, then I would regard that as bad protection.

    Everyone using GrapheneOS would be a net security upgrade. All the protections in place wouldn’t just fade away now that Facebook wants to spy on that OS. They’re still in place; Facebook’s job is still harder than it otherwise would be.

    • @n0face@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      5•3 days ago

      The problem is that GrapheneOS is only available for Pixel devices.

      I really wish they would support other manufacturers, because I don’t really trust Google to make decent hardware (and to be frank, I don’t trust them with anything at all).

      • @Little8Lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4•3 days ago

        I use e/os which is at least de-googled & based on Lineage
        Its not exactly Graphene but it works on 8+ old devices of various manifacturers

        • @n0face@lemmy.wtfEnglish
          3•3 days ago

          I am very keen to get a Fairphone with e/os next time I switch devices.

          Does it work well with Android Auto? I can’t drive much without a map and my music playlist.

          • @Little8Lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2•13 hours ago

            did not test that but here is a page how to “google” the “de-googled” os for supporting that
            https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/android-auto

            because of that lineage could be a better option

            About Fairphone: there is an alternative (Shiftphone) that is more expensive but with the main plus points of having a higher storage option and the mainboard is replaceable, they also have somewhere a cheap (~200€) phone that should work if you really just need a phone
            (i mention that as an option, because having choice is always better even if it ends up being the first thing that gets choosen)