I'm pretty sure you can fingerprint a device by gathering data about the binaries (and versions thereof) installed on it. I'm pretty sure that Facebook also kno

I'm pretty sure you can fingerprint a device by gathering data about the binaries (and versions thereof) installed on it. I'm pretty sure that Facebook also know whose instance of the FB app is running on the device in question. Ergo, the data can be deanonymized and gives them more insights into what their users are doing … including, oh, competing platforms and apps? The traditional model of computer security assumes that there's one device (the computer) which may have multiple users, so the emphasis is on identifying the user to the device. But today, one user may have one or more computers (smartphones/tablets/laptops), so the emphasis is on linking devices to users and thereby tracking usage patterns across devices. Which lands it straight in GDPR territory.