Apps sending users’ data to Facebook without their consent
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Re: Apps sending users’ data to Facebook without their consent
#2According to the 35c3 talk[0] by the authors, both SkyScanner and The Weather Channel updated their apps to stop the tracking after the authors told them it was happening.
[0] https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9941-how_facebook_tracks_you_on_...
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#3Simple question: We have firewall capability on every computer.
I am surprised that we don't have a FW on a phone - or an app that can be installed which I can force all traffic from the phone to pass through, with source-app and destination IP/App/Service - and choose to block the traffic we would like.
Are the devices capable of this?
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#4When do we expect the first GDPR challenges to land on Facebook?
The law was clearly designed to deal with them. They continue to violate its principles. GDPR delivered tremendous collateral damage to raise these gates. But where is the pay-off? Is there preliminary footwork deploying? Or is Europe distracted by Italy et al?
Re: Apps sending users’ data to Facebook without their consent
#5According to the 35c3 talk[0] by the authors, both SkyScanner and The Weather Channel updated their apps to stop the tracking after the authors told them it was happening. [0] https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9941-how_facebook_tracks_you_on_...
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Re: Apps sending users’ data to Facebook without their consent
#6Simple question: We have firewall capability on every computer. I am surprised that we don't have a FW on a phone - or an app that can be installed which I can force all traffic from the phone to pass through, with source-app and destination IP/App/Service - and choose to block the traffic we would like. Are the devices capable of this?
Check out NetGuard: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.netguard/
Re: Apps sending users’ data to Facebook without their consent
#7So let's see here. There are apps that people download which, in a way, replicate themselves by enticing other people to download them often using some form of psychological engineering. These apps then compromise the person's data by streaming it to a server.
The word "app" is frequently used, but these sound more like computer viruses with a friendly UI, no?
Re: Apps sending users’ data to Facebook without their consent
#8Simple question: We have firewall capability on every computer. I am surprised that we don't have a FW on a phone - or an app that can be installed which I can force all traffic from the phone to pass through, with source-app and destination IP/App/Service - and choose to block the traffic we would like. Are the devices capable of this?
If you have a rooted Android phone, use AFWall. It's available on F-Droid and Google Play and uses the hosts file.
If not rooted then use NetGuard (as mentioned in another comment). It sets up a local VPN on your phone to filter traffic.
Other apps also use the local VPN approach for different reasons, e.g. DNS66 allows you to specify your own DNS servers. You'll only be able to use one VPN app at a time.
Re: Apps sending users’ data to Facebook without their consent
#9Simple question: We have firewall capability on every computer. I am surprised that we don't have a FW on a phone - or an app that can be installed which I can force all traffic from the phone to pass through, with source-app and destination IP/App/Service - and choose to block the traffic we would like. Are the devices capable of this?
Check out NetGuard: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.netguard/
+1 for NetGuard. I just started using it recently on a new phone and it was the first thing I installed before connecting the device to any network. You would be amazed how many apps try to make a connection to graph.facebook.com
Check out Exodus Privacy[1] to see what trackers are inside a certain app.
One could use F-Droid and Yalp Store[2] to try and have a bit more privacy on an Android phone and make it work without a Google account.
[1] https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/ [2] https://github.com/yeriomin/YalpStore
Re: Apps sending users’ data to Facebook without their consent
#10So let's see here. There are apps that people download which, in a way, replicate themselves by enticing other people to download them often using some form of psychological engineering. These apps then compromise the person's data by streaming it to a server. The word "app" is frequently used, but these sound more like computer viruses with a friendly UI, no?
A virus self replicates without human interaction.