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GravyScanner : a FOSS Android app that reveals installed apps involved in Gravy Analytics data breach (github.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by chottomatte@lemdro.id to c/foss@beehaw.org

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[–] chahk@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yahoo Mail (don't judge me) and Viber are the only ones that I still need to use, but don't see why they'd need the location permission. If I deny location permission to those apps, will that stop the leaking?

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

My... Guess is that it's still another data point attaching your IP to you. I haven't really dug into how true that would be, but there is def fingerprinting stuff that could be shared without location permission. I.e. just a web request gives them your phones ip. Now that might be your cellphone wan ip, That might be your home ip etc... still identifying info.

Imo this isn't so much about tracking your literal location (though, that too) but also in tracking you across websites without permission.