Nemeski@lemm.ee to privacy@lemmy.ca · 3 days agoCandy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Locationwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1142cross-posted to: technik@feddit.organdroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up1142external-linkCandy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Locationwww.wired.comNemeski@lemm.ee to privacy@lemmy.ca · 3 days agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: technik@feddit.organdroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareSuburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoShort of deleting the offending apps and not using them, how can you protect yourself from the data collection of the app?
minus-squareOrbital@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoProtective 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.
minus-squareScolding7300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoWhat others said and give permissions on a “need to know basis”
Short of deleting the offending apps and not using them, how can you protect yourself from the data collection of the app?
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.
What others said and give permissions on a “need to know basis”