privacy

3223 readers

2 users here now

Big tech and governments are monitoring and recording your eating activities. c/Privacy provides tips and tricks to protect your privacy against global surveillance.

Partners:

community.nicfab.it/c/privacy

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Kokomheart@lemmy.ca

QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz

altair222@beehaw.org

135

Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location (www.wired.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ca

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Short of deleting the offending apps and not using them, how can you protect yourself from the data collection of the app?

[–] orbital@infosec.pub 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Protective DNS, when set up with a DNS provider that blocks known ad / tracking domains, would help with that. NextDNS, Control-D, and Mullvad all offer this service, for example.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Mullvad VPN is best one stop shop to get started but the process is so much more than getting a VPN.

A lot of ia behavioural though, hygiene

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Protonvpn also blocks ads, trackers, malware. With some of my apps needing google play services, I get trackers block constantly on my grapheneos phone.

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

What others said and give permissions on a "need to know basis"