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

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1957 points apokryptein | 1 comments | 02 Feb 25 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.326s | 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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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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1. 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.