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

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1957 points apokryptein | 4 comments | 02 Feb 25 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.518s | source
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anurag ◴[02 Feb 25 20:04 UTC] No.42911300[source]▶
I'm a very happy paying customer of NextDNS (https://nextdns.io) which blocks known adware and tracking hosts across all mobile and desktop platforms.
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1. Argonaut998 ◴[02 Feb 25 20:45 UTC] No.42911631[source]▶
Facebook hard-code IP addresses when their domains are blocked. I found this out while using NextDNS alongside that logging functionality that iPhones have. It’s insane the lengths that they go to.
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2. ssklash ◴[02 Feb 25 20:56 UTC] No.42911745[source]▶
It's not insane at all. It is the entirety of their business model, so it makes sense that they will do everything possible to keep that sweet surveillance cash flowing.
3. ornornor ◴[02 Feb 25 21:17 UTC] No.42911925[source]▶
One more reason I don’t use Facebook and will never install their app on my phone.
4. ignoramous ◴[03 Feb 25 02:16 UTC] No.42914216[source]▶
> Facebook hard-code IP addresses when their domains are blocked

Sounds like an anti-censorship or a generic connectivity robustness feature [0]? WhatsApp and Instagram do this, too.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41959945