Every so often I get a ping about new hardware which makes me want to drop everything and build a new device.
Since my obsession with eventually eliminating the #PocketSpy from my life is ongoing, this is one of those things:
https://www.sparklan.com/product/ac5035m2/
An m.2 modem with broad LTE/5G band support, and onboard GNSS with dual paths.
Think of a #sailboat #navigation #laptop with cellular phone and data service and its own NTP.
Geebus, I just opened a link to a site on my #iPhone and got blasted with #advertising.
Context: my home network, which has network-wide #adblocking. On my phone I had adblock plus for Safari; somehow this has mysteriously been uninstalled/removed. And I use a vpn service with #adblocking.
My default browser is #FireFox, #tootclient, though, ignores the #iOS defaults, and opened the link in #Safari.
#Apple is circumventing my dns, blockers; they are circumventing my #vpn.
@consigningwoman @natureadvocacy @ClimateHuman
The app has *at least* Facebook and Google trackers, tracks your exact location, and your Google Ad_ID,. The permission com.google.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE is required by Firebase, a Google analytics tool. It appears Google adds Firebase for developers whether or not they need to spy on users. (It can be removed via an addition to the manifest.xml.)
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/314137/
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/78380811#comment28
#Privacy #PocketSpy
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