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I installed CBeebies on my iPhone and looked at the pi-hole to see what type of DNS requests it was making when the app was opened (I haven't clicked on a singl
by move-on-by 8y ago
I installed CBeebies on my iPhone and looked at the pi-hole to see what type of DNS requests it was making when the app was opened (I haven't clicked on a single thing in the app)
* graph.facebook.com
* analytics.localytics.com
* api.branch.io (analytics & ads)
* app-measurement.com (analytics, maybe ads too?)
* ssl.google-analytics.com
* settings.crashlytics.com (perhaps benign)
So right off the bat Facebook and Google are both siphoning off data from the use of this app among other 3rd parties. Did you know that?
- 4ndr3vv 8y agoI think that (although honourable) you're off topic here. We're discussing the prevelance of ads baked into apps that are designed specifically for children. The ethical ramifications of third party data are important but the cbeebies apps do a great job of providing engaging, add free content.
- OpenBSD-reich 8y agoI think he's right on and should continue giving this comment section the facts about what even these apparently "clean" apps are doing. Data tracking is the edge of the sword opposite to advertising and should be treated on equal terms!