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Everyone knows your location

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Everyone knows your location

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How I tracked myself down using leaked location data in the in-app ads, and what I found along the way.

cross-posted from: https://fed.dyne.org/post/380551

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Fucking horrifying but great read. I was using ad blockers before but now I have +1 (top reason IG) reason to use them even more. Fuck ads companies

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