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Three of the main things he calls out are caused by embedding of the Facebook SDK, the Google Analytics SDK and AppsFlyer SDK. The most worrying one IMO is actu
by harryf 7y ago
Three of the main things he calls out are caused by embedding of the Facebook SDK, the Google Analytics SDK and AppsFlyer SDK. The most worrying one IMO is actually AppsFlyer - I doubt they have the resources to properly protect the data they're collecting.
It might be more effective to go after the companies providing the SDKs rather than individual apps, to have a real impact. But OK this was for a news story about TikTok and that's what readers can relate to.
- baybal2 7y agoGoing back to Google's knowing and willing abetting of hardware ID abuse. I heard it many times that Google knows that a lot of Chinese companies violate their play store policy against using hardware IDs for advertising purposes. If they stand against it, why they added APIs for accessing them in the first place? I thought about that for a long time, and finally it struck me: Google very well knows that GDPR prohibits them IDing people if they refuse, so they just added those APIs to let other companies do it for them!