3 ms·
> my first action after installing an app is to do a packet capture and look at what the app talks to Can’t it talk to its own servers that then talk to Facebo
by strogonoff 6y ago
> my first action after installing an app is to do a packet capture and look at what the app talks to
Can’t it talk to its own servers that then talk to Facebook, in which case packet capture is of not much use?
- Nextgrid 6y agoI agree, it's not a foolproof solution, but the presence/absence of various trackers in their app and website is usually a good predictor. Furthermore in the name of pragmatism I am not opposed to all ad targeting; some of it is indeed outside of my control. However, there's a difference between sending a name/email address combo once during signup and having the advertising SDK ping the advertiser every single time the app is interacted with (which is what the Facebook SDK does for example); the former only leaks "I use X service" once to the advertiser, the latter leaks a detailed trail of my usage patterns & IP addresses (can be used to correlate where I've been and who I'm hanging out with if their own phones are connected to the same Wi-Fi network and thus share the same IP).