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This type of thing is exactly why I don't go installing apps from every company that wants me to put something on my phone to get "reward points" or the like. S
by runevault 1y ago
This type of thing is exactly why I don't go installing apps from every company that wants me to put something on my phone to get "reward points" or the like. Security is never perfect and they clearly want additional data, why else bother with the phone app?
- bigbadfeline 1y agoForget apps, your major browser allows anybody with js on the page you're visiting to open ports on your local network. That capability was used by these trackers but it's a horrendous security breach on its own.
- qingcharles 1y agoA neighbor needed me to fix something on his phone the other day and I noticed he was getting full-screen ads every minute that would appear over everything.. you couldn't hang up a call, call 911, send a text, nothing. I tracked it down to an app he had called "7 Min Workouts" which was spamming the ads. Wild.