Eugen RochkoJun 11, 2025

Apparently, if you have facebook or Instagram installed on your phone, #Meta was able to track your browsing habits and link them to your real identity even if you never logged in on the web, used incognito mode or a VPN. I hope Meta gets hit with every fine in the book.

https://www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-tracking-explained-it-could

“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.

You just can't finish off Zuckerberg.

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@Gargron

> Android has many flaws, but in the relevant part here, it’s specifically designed to prevent apps from doing this — from listening to local ports like localhost.

So how did they do this?

Jun 11, 2025 at 6:04amWeb