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I would highly recommend NetGuard to block individual app's network access and to enable them only as and when needed. [1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.netguard/
https://www.digitalcitizen.life/how-block-internet-access-sp...
I stopped to use smartphones in 2018. Since then I have a Nokia 3310 new model, with Facebook installed. However the wi-fi is turned on around 10 minutes per month, in best case. What I've immediately observed after switching to the new phone that I'm receiving more precisely targeted ads. Before, on smartphone no adds were relevant, after the smartphone new adds were all relevant. My guess was the phone / the cellul…
This is more likely plain simple confirmation bias. The ads were there before, you just never noticed them.
> Kacanova claims that my consent had been lawfully obtained according to GDPR, and that their partners were contractually obliged to only use my data for marketing purposes. Does anyone actually believe these companies are segregating their data based on what they are legally allowed to do with it? And that those permissions somehow get propagated along with the data to third parties, who then also diligently segreg…
I would highly recommend NetGuard to block individual app's network access and to enable them only as and when needed. [1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.netguard/
If you have a newer version of android (9+), you can do it without 3d app. https://www.digitalcitizen.life/how-block-internet-access-sp...
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Can you explain why? I'm not clear on the implications but am definitely interested.
Battery life, but mostly the topic of the article: apps use it to track you [1]. I always ask myself: why does this app need to communicate with a server if I didn't open the app? For the majority of apps there is no need to do anything while they're asleep. [1] https://www.macobserver.com/news/background-app-refresh-data...
After I disabled background app refresh I installed a firewall (https://www.lifewire.com/why-you-need-a-firewall-app-for-you...) - in my case the open source, security audited, on-device-only firewall "Lockdown" see https://lockdownprivacy.com/
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What causes me the most irritation (to put it mildly) is that I bought the Sygic navigator that seems to be the source of this data. And still they sell my data? Just last week they forced me to agree to some new rules to be able to use the app but I already bought it 7 years ago. I will be requesting my money back as stated by that agreement, and request a GDPR data dump for moving my data to another provider.
Link for anyone else wanting their money back: https://www.sygic.com/company/eula-gps-navigation-google-pla...
So, essentially, I'm now locked into this agreement with Sygic for the duration of my "lifetime" license.
This is one of those situations where I'd wish I had some "fuck you" money to throw at an expensive law firm.