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Ad SDKs exploit OS bugs to get location data. These specific ones have since been patched, but historicaly they read ARP tables, EXIF geo tags, and colluded wit
by the_snooze 11mo ago
Ad SDKs exploit OS bugs to get location data. These specific ones have since been patched, but historicaly they read ARP tables, EXIF geo tags, and colluded with other apps that legimately had location permissions to get that info. It wouldn't surprise me if there are other live exploits quietly being used today. https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity19/presentation/reardon https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity19/presentat...
- raw_anon_1111 11mo ago> We have responsibly disclosed our findings to Google and have received a bug bounty for our work Caring about your privacy and using an OS by an adtech company is kind of orthogonal…
- xigoi 11mo agoUnfortunately the only other option is even worse.