▲ 103 ▼ Android Apps Use Bluetooth and WiFi Scanning to Track Users Without GPS (cyberinsider.com) submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/25439167 A new study reveals that thousands of Android apps covertly collect location data using Bluetooth and WiFi beacons, allowing continuous tracking and profiling of users without explicit consent.
[+] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) Graphene OS / no Google account / no sim / perma airplane mode here I also try to only install FOSS software and keep it minimal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) How do you make phone calls / use the internet away from home with no SIM? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) I don't, I use public WiFi and plan more. I use open street maps offline and have music etc. Saved locally It seemed daunting at first but now it's just a way of life for me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I used to live like that but once I had a data plan I never went back... It's addictive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah I consider getting a silent.link esim paid with monero every now and then but I feel a lot better leaving it in perma airplane mode and not interacting with cell towers/stingrays at all. I could buy a sim with cash as well but if I wanted to maintain opsec I'd have to travel to another city every time I turn it on and that's too much work for me atm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) Graphene OS / no Google account / no sim / perma airplane mode here I also try to only install FOSS software and keep it minimal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) How do you make phone calls / use the internet away from home with no SIM? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) I don't, I use public WiFi and plan more. I use open street maps offline and have music etc. Saved locally It seemed daunting at first but now it's just a way of life for me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I used to live like that but once I had a data plan I never went back... It's addictive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah I consider getting a silent.link esim paid with monero every now and then but I feel a lot better leaving it in perma airplane mode and not interacting with cell towers/stingrays at all. I could buy a sim with cash as well but if I wanted to maintain opsec I'd have to travel to another city every time I turn it on and that's too much work for me atm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) How do you make phone calls / use the internet away from home with no SIM? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) I don't, I use public WiFi and plan more. I use open street maps offline and have music etc. Saved locally It seemed daunting at first but now it's just a way of life for me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I used to live like that but once I had a data plan I never went back... It's addictive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah I consider getting a silent.link esim paid with monero every now and then but I feel a lot better leaving it in perma airplane mode and not interacting with cell towers/stingrays at all. I could buy a sim with cash as well but if I wanted to maintain opsec I'd have to travel to another city every time I turn it on and that's too much work for me atm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) I don't, I use public WiFi and plan more. I use open street maps offline and have music etc. Saved locally It seemed daunting at first but now it's just a way of life for me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I used to live like that but once I had a data plan I never went back... It's addictive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah I consider getting a silent.link esim paid with monero every now and then but I feel a lot better leaving it in perma airplane mode and not interacting with cell towers/stingrays at all. I could buy a sim with cash as well but if I wanted to maintain opsec I'd have to travel to another city every time I turn it on and that's too much work for me atm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I used to live like that but once I had a data plan I never went back... It's addictive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah I consider getting a silent.link esim paid with monero every now and then but I feel a lot better leaving it in perma airplane mode and not interacting with cell towers/stingrays at all. I could buy a sim with cash as well but if I wanted to maintain opsec I'd have to travel to another city every time I turn it on and that's too much work for me atm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentrevision@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah I consider getting a silent.link esim paid with monero every now and then but I feel a lot better leaving it in perma airplane mode and not interacting with cell towers/stingrays at all. I could buy a sim with cash as well but if I wanted to maintain opsec I'd have to travel to another city every time I turn it on and that's too much work for me atm permalink fedilink source parent