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Android lets you delete the advertising id that's mentioned in the article, as well as reset it. Does anybody who is in Adtech know what that does in terms of i

Android lets you delete the advertising id that's mentioned in the article, as well as reset it. Does anybody who is in Adtech know what that does in terms of identifiability on brokers? Am I now "anon at location x,y", or am I "anon4321 at location x,y”?

licheness 3y ago
Never underestimate the power of metadata. An expired ID that patterns quite similar to a new ID is quite easy to identify.
- neves 3y ago
  it looks like you stay with "no id". There is just an option "get a new advertising id" Here how to delete it in Android and Apple: https://www.eff.org/pt-br/deeplinks/2022/05/how-disable-ad-id-tracking-ios-and-android-and-why-you-should-do-it-now https://www.eff.org/pt-br/deeplinks/2022/05/how-disable-ad-i...
  - crtasm 3y ago
    If you have Android 12+, well that's another reason for me to replace my fairly old phone.
    - crtasm 3y ago
      Turns out I do have the option on LineageOS Android 10 and my ID is already "deleted". Perhaps I clicked the option myself at some point.
neves 3y ago
here how to delete it: https://www.eff.org/pt-br/deeplinks/2022/05/how-disable-ad-id-tracking-ios-and-android-and-why-you-should-do-it-now https://www.eff.org/pt-br/deeplinks/2022/05/how-disable-ad-i...