• 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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    9 hours ago

    Blank white screen on the personal profile (woot).

    Outlook only on the work profile (only has notification access and nothing else). I’m actually surprised Teams isn’t on that list, but ok.

  • Auyx@lemmy.zip
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    17 hours ago

    Podcast Addict, bummer I use that daily. Any way to block the leak without ditching the app?

  • jarfil@beehaw.org
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    16 hours ago

    6 pages of apps… nice. 😅

    Now, seriously. Android 14 on a Samsung phone, lets me select “location: only while using the app”. I close apps when not using them, and limit notifications so they don’t get auto-started at random. Unused app detection, puts them in “deep sleep” which doesn’t allow them to run at all, and strips them of all permissions.

    This scanner, would be more useful if it also checked which apps have the location permission enabled, and are frequently used.

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    24 hours ago

    Yahoo Mail (don’t judge me) and Viber are the only ones that I still need to use, but don’t see why they’d need the location permission. If I deny location permission to those apps, will that stop the leaking?

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      16 hours ago

      My… Guess is that it’s still another data point attaching your IP to you. I haven’t really dug into how true that would be, but there is def fingerprinting stuff that could be shared without location permission. I.e. just a web request gives them your phones ip. Now that might be your cellphone wan ip, That might be your home ip etc… still identifying info.

      Imo this isn’t so much about tracking your literal location (though, that too) but also in tracking you across websites without permission.

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          12 hours ago

          Thanks for the rec. Ngl for something like sms though, maybe not maintained isn’t a problem. Heh as long as it doesn’t have any bugs, not like the protocol is changing

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            4 hours ago

            True, but app vulnerability could be a thing so I tend to get ones that still have some maintainers

    • jarfil@beehaw.org
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      16 hours ago

      “Your phone is not gay enough… here are some themes and backgrounds to make it more fun!”

      (probably not PC, but that could be a fun app)