Fascinating read. Please STOP using META products and services…
The covert tracking—implemented in the Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica trackers—allows Meta and Yandex to bypass core security and privacy protections provided by both the Android operating system and browsers that run on it. Android sandboxing, for instance, isolates processes to prevent them from interacting with the OS and any other app installed on the device, cutting off access to sensitive data or privileged system resources. Defenses such as state partitioning and storage partitioning, which are built into all major browsers, store site cookies and other data associated with a website in containers that are unique to every top-level website domain to ensure they’re off-limits for every other site.
This assume we have a Facebook app on the phone in oder to work, right?
Samsung phones come with Facebook services pre-installed, with no way to remove it.
One of the things that pushed me into the loving arms of GrapheneOS actually.
I guess you can deactivate them.
Facebook, Instagram or Yandex. Question is if any Meta App (eg WhatsApp) does the same
It definitely was enough for me to get rid of WhatsApp. But I was kind of looking for an excuse
Would love to as well, but my Grandmas don’t want to switch after finally learning how WhatsApp works
Yeah, my big one was a friend living overseas but I finally got it sorted and they’re on signal now 😅
WhatsApp is the more difficult one because some use it for work.
Then probably you can use an aggregator like Franz.
Never tested, but I guess you can throw the Meta app away then.
Edit: It seems Franz it thought for desktop, Snowball should do the job.
I don’t use much of Fb (or Ig, BlueSky), but I always use them on browser even on the phone. I’ve any app installed for social medias except Lemmy.
In my case they shouldn’t be able to track me, or?
If you still think Meta is providing a service, there are likely mental crisis lines locally. I don’t understand why anyone uses any of their platforms.
