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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads

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1957 points apokryptein | 5 comments | 02 Feb 25 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.851s | source
1. timsh ◴[02 Feb 25 19:22 UTC] No.42910991[source]▶
wow @apokryptein thanks for posting my article here... I'm shocked it's #1 rn. if anyone has any questions regarding the post - I'm here to answer & talk!
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2. pas ◴[02 Feb 25 23:47 UTC] No.42913120[source]▶
how the MAID/IDfV gets into the PII-ID databases?

It seems that part is completely missing. (Or I missed it.)

So for example can/do airlines sell it? Or telecom/utility companies, when you use their app?

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3. timsh ◴[03 Feb 25 00:59 UTC] No.42913690[source]▶
I don’t know the answer to this, which is why I didn’t mention it in the post. However, I could speculate that these data-broker companies scrape leaked [hacked and stolen] data from various panels and then match records on their end. kinda OSINT for bad reasons.
4. forgingahead ◴[03 Feb 25 02:48 UTC] No.42914373[source]▶
Great article, thanks for taking the time to research and write it all up! Definitely learned some new things from it.
5. Dhruv_Gheewala ◴[03 Feb 25 17:42 UTC] No.42920731[source]▶
Wow, such a beautiful article you have written. Usually, I’m not into reading much but after very long I’ve completed a full article with such interest. Thanks for it !!