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Are you on iphone or android? I would guess that your device has been fingerprinted through other app usage you have used, and that fingerprint has an associat
by balls187 5y ago
Are you on iphone or android?
I would guess that your device has been fingerprinted through other app usage you have used, and that fingerprint has an association with the country of your birth.
It's possible that such a service is provided by a state actor, or part of a marketing/advertising service.
- Etheryte 5y agoI'm on iOS, on Android I wouldn't be surprised by leaking data since that's essentially what the whole platform is built for.
- balls187 5y agoI recall when Apple made device UUID's unique to a specific app install, rather than a device. Entirely speculation on my part--I assumed that someone would eventually figure out a way to approximate a uuid at the device level, and use that across applications and app installs.