@TheBreadmonkey

Install the duckduckgo app and enable app tracking protection.

Then watch in horror as it tells you exactly what apps are trying to collect your info, what info and how often.

For example, looking at it right now, 1842 tracking attempts from just 3 apps in the last 7 days.

453 attempts just from my banking app in the last 24hrs... sending info to google and adobe. When you look at what kind of info... here's a list sent to google that was requested 240 times in the last 24hrs.

Device boot time
Gender
Device orientation
Postal Code
Device Model
Unique identifier
App name
Network connection type
Last Name
First Name
Address
Device Name
OS build number
State
Local IP address
Device memory
app version
City
Device brand
Advertising ID
Available storage
GPS co-ords
Headphone status
App install date
System volume
Screen resolution
Timezone
Country
Charging status
Battery level
Cookies
Network Carrier

That's 32 pieces of information sent to google constantly.

Adobe only want about 20 pieces of that information, but asked for it 213 times in the last 24hrs. Most of it the same as above but also requesting your email address, language settings and not so interested in device charging or battery level.

That's 1 app... in 24hrs.

It's worth noting that, this is the number of attempts that were blocked... not the actual times that info was sent. The DDG app blocks it, and my VPN app also has app tracking blocking.

@Anomnomnomaly

Jesus fuck

@CatsWhoCode @TheBreadmonkey

I don't use my real name anywhere on social media... there's only a handful of people who are even aware of my real name and even then it's just my first name.

I use different email address across different sites, I also have @duck.com and @proton email address that forward emails and strip out trackers... very handy for online sign ups.
I literally have email address that are thisisaspamtrapaddress@ and gonnagetspaminmyspamtrap@ address that I use.

I have 2 gmail address... I use neither of them aside from netflix when I signed up to that 12yrs ago before I started seriously trying to poison the well.

@Anomnomnomaly @CatsWhoCode

Ben's not even my real name. I'm called........... Nick. And my real account is @Nickiquote, although I'll never admit to it on that account and will probably say something like 'no Ben's being stupid I'm not Ben I'm Nick', but know that I'll be lying to protect my identity. Feel free to hurl facts about Evita the musical at me, because that is my very favourite thing in the world. 👍