Meta(Facebook) and Yandex apps silently de-anonymize users’ browsing habits without consent.
Meta(Facebook) and Yandex apps silently de-anonymize users’ browsing habits without consent.
www.ru.nl New research highlights privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex | Radboud University
An international research collaboration discovered a potential privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex bridging persistent identifiers to browsing histories. Native Android apps, such as Facebook or Instagram, silently listen on fixed local ports.
This kind of cross-platform tracking is unprecedented - and it’s especially surprising coming from two companies that serve billions of users worldwide
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Meta(Facebook) and Yandex, enough said.