Doing everything I can to avoid
Doing everything I can to avoid tracking (continuous & up hill battle that).
One important tip for folks in general (you may already be doing this)...
Don't use apps when the web will suffice!
Apps allow much more thorough penetration of your phone data, location, camera, etc.
(This assumes well-made websites with https: turned 'on' of course!)
The corollary tip is to find out how to delete all the cookie/web-related data on your phone and do it frequently. I usually do this more than once a day. You could make it a "first thing in the morning" thing like brushing your teeth. Actually there's a lot of similarity between purging tracking data and dental hygiene!
After all the lies (lookin' at you /#Meta!) I do not trust ANY declaration of "your data is safe with us". It ain't!
I have a "Distrust & Verify" stance for the sites/apps I actually use.
It's the world we live in...
Neuer Datensatz enthllt 40.000 Apps hinter Standort-Tracking
380 Millionen Standortdaten aus 137 Lndern: Ein bislang unbekannter Datensatz zeigt so umfangreich wie nie zuvor Gefahren des globalen Datenhandels. 40.000 Apps sind betroffen, darunter queere Dating-Apps. Mit alarmierender Genauigkeit geortet wurden Nutzer*innen von Wetter Online, Focus Online und Kleinanzeigen..
Zusammengefassste Infos,
mit denen sich Handy-Nutzer*innen schtzen knnen vor Databrokern (Sammlung von Trackingdaten, zB Standort Metadaten, usw):
"Millionen Handy-Nutzer*innen weltweit stehen zum Verkauf. Databroker sammeln sie in Multi-Milliarden-Paketen.
"Nicht nur Standortdaten kursieren.
Viele weitere Daten knnen erfasst werden.
Etwa, welches Handy man nutzt, welchen Netzbetreiber und welche Apps oder welche Websites man besucht hat. Auf dieser Grundlage wird man auch in Schubladen gesteckt, die einen beispielsweise als angebliche fragile Senior*in outen sollen oder als Shopping-versessene Mama.
Dennoch bin ich absolut dankbar, dass dieses Thema nun endlich mehr ffentlichkeit bekommt. Wir geben z.B. Elternabende zu Medienkompetenz, aber die Sensibilisierung fr dieses Thema ist gering. Und wo soll sie auch herkommen Gerade die Databroker arbeiten weitgehend im Verborgenen, die kennt ja keiner.
Ich halte die Elternabende absolut fr sinnvoll, und die TN sind durchaus geschockt und schtteln mit dem Kopf. Aber ob daraus auch eine Verhaltensnderung folgt, sehe ich leider nicht... da kann ich nur hoffen.
2/2
Time tracker makes remote workers' screens public: what we know so far
While the tracker platform claims that it encrypts data, more than 13 million screenshots containing sensitive information are public, putting users and clients at risk of attack.
Tracking
kann und sollte man zumindest nur fr die erlaubt haben, wo es Sinn macht. Und dann idealerweise nur "bei Verwendung" und nicht "immer". Aber dann muss man sich halt auch konsequent angewhnen, dass man Apps, die man grade nicht mehr nutzt auch mal zu schliessen/zu beenden!
Ansonsten habe ich mglichst viel im Keim erstickt und erscheine danke ich in keinem Mobilfunknetz aktiv unterwegs zu sein, sondern immer irgendwo in Helsinki zu sein (das erkennt man auch wunderbar daran, dass z.B. Google einem bevorzugt finnische Dinge prsentiert )
WTF! Boar, das ist echt krass. Geschieht solchen Rasen aber schon ein bisschen Recht, oder! Quasi eine volldigitalisierte und automatische Bestrafung
Levelling up a few areas, really feeling the push and pull up difficulty. Aiming for two sets of 8 pull ups but Im only at 8 and 5.
A 30 minute run with Fitness+ definitely added to the challenge
Wofr sollte eine Versicherung meinen Standort wissen wollen
Well, now even a major intelligence agency recommends disabling sharing::
warns that mobile devices store and share device geolocation data by designLocation data can be extremely valuable and must be protected. It can reveal details about the number of users in a location, user and supply movements, daily routines (user and organizational).
und Umstndlichkeit.
"Data privacy advocates have long warned of the risks that data brokers pose to individuals privacy and national security. Researchers with access to the sample of Gravy Analytics location data posted by the hacker say that the information can be used to extensively track peoples recent whereabouts."
Have All State for your auto insurance This is a fun read.
Databroker Files: New data set reveals 40,000 apps behind location tracking
Dieser Artikel stammt von Netzpolitik.org.
This is the English summary of a longer . The publication is part of the series.
A new data set obtained from a US data broker reveals for the first time about 40,000 apps from which users data is being traded. The data set was obtained by a journalist from netzpolitik.org as a free preview sample for a paid subscription. It is dated to a single day in the summer of 2024.
Among other things, the data set contains 47 million Mobile Advertising IDs, to which 380 million location data from 137 countries are assigned. In addition, the data set contains information on devices, operating systems and telecommunication providers.
Ths investigation is part of an international cooperation by the following media: , , , , , , and WIRED (USA).
Overview of our findings
- The approximately 40,000 apps in the new dataset cover a wide range of categories, from gaming, dating and shopping to news and education. They include some of the most popular apps worldwide, with millions of downloads in some cases.
- For a smaller number of apps, the data set contains alarmingly precise location data. This data can help to identify a persons place of residence. These apps include the queer dating app Hornet with more than 35 million users the messaging app Kik with more than 100 million downloads in the Google Play Store alone Germanys most popular weather app Wetter Online, which also has more than 100 million downloads in the Google Play Store and the flight tracking app Flightradar24 with more than 50 million downloads in the Googles Play Store the app of German news site Focus Online and classifieds apps for German users (Kleinanzeigen) and French users (leboncoin).
- For a bigger number of apps, less precise locations which appear to have been derived from IP addresses can be found in the data set. This list includes popular apps such as Candy Crush, Grindr, Vinted, Happy Color, dating apps Lovoo and Jaumo, news aggregator Upday, German email apps gmx.de and web.de as well as the popular dutch weather app Buienalarm.
- Since the sample only covers one day, it is difficult to identify people based on their locations from this data set alone. However, in combination with other data sets from the advertising industry, which the research team obtained from data brokers, its possible to identify and track people on a large scale. The location data might for example provide clues to their home and work addresses.
- Thus, the team was able to identify and . The individuals confirmed that the data must belong to their devices and their use of the respective apps.
- Location data aside, the mere information about who uses which apps can already be dangerous. For example the data set includes numerous Muslim and Christian prayer apps, health apps (blood pressure, menstruation trackers) and queer dating apps, which hint at special categories of personal data under GDPR.
Where did the data set come from
The research team obtained the data set from US data broker Datastream Group, which now uses the name Datasys. The company did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Contact with the data broker was established through Berlin-based data marketplace Datarade. The company states in response to inquiries that it does not host any data itself. According to a spokesperson Data providers use Datarade to publish profiles and listings, enabling users to contact them directly. Datarade requires data providers to obtain valid consent in case theyre processing personal data and to aggregate or anonymize data in case theyre processing sensitive personal data.
Where does the data originate
According to our analysis, the data originates from Real Time Bidding (RTB), which is a process in the online advertising ecosystem. These are auctions in which advertising inventory of apps and websites is sold. In the process, apps and websites send data about their users to hundreds or thousands of companies. These data contains the information that we can see in our dataset. There have already been multiple warnings that advertising companies are collecting the data from RTB in order to sell it often without the knowledge or explicit consent of the users or their apps.
What the apps say
None of the apps we confronted so far states they had business relations with Datastream Group / Datasys. The apps Hornet and Vinted for example wrote, that they cannot explain how their users data ended up with data brokers. Queer dating app Hornet emphasizes that it does not share actual location data with third parties and announces an investigation. Other companies such as Kik, Wetter Online, Kleinanzeigen, Flightradar, Grindr and King, the company behind the game Candy Crush, did not respond to press inquiries.
Reactions
Experts from politics, government agencies and civil society expressed concern about the findings.
Michael Will, the Bavarian data protection commissioner, said there would be consequences. In an interview, he describes the findings of the investigation as disillusioning and alarming. The data protection official views the situation as a blatant breach of trust. This is contrary to everything that the average users of apps would expect to be able to track where they have been for months afterwards. The data broker should not have had this data. This is beyond the agreed rules of the game.
Will also expresses criticism on Real Time Bidding: anyone who uses it to display advertising must ask themselves whether their own contractual partners are really abiding by the contract. As a result of the investigation, the data protection authority wants to take action itself. We have investigative powers. We will now make intensive use of them on the basis of the information you have provided, says Will and points out that his authority can also impose sanctions. We have the option of imposing quite considerable fines.
In view of the latest findings, the German Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection (BMUV) writes: The collection of the data alone must be prevented. We need effective EU-wide protection against personalized advertising to prevent app providers from having incentives to collect more data than is necessary to offer an app. The ministry continues to advocate a consistent switch to alternative advertising models.
In addition, the Ministry for Consumer Protection is calling for technical standards to prevent devices from collecting identifying data in the first place. The manufacturers of operating systems and end devices also have a role to play here. Finally, the supervisory authorities would need to take consistent action.
Michaela Schrder from the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (vzbv) comments: The current findings show and confirm once again that the global online advertising market has escaped any control. Unscrupulous data traders collect and disseminate highly sensitive information about people, while websites and apps make these illegal practices possible in the first place and the supervisory authorities seem to be completely overwhelmed.
Consumers are left defenceless against the massive risks posed by data trading, says Schrder. The vzbv is therefore calling for action at the European level. It is long overdue for the European Commission to effectively protect consumers and present a proposal to ban personalized advertising for example, through the announced Digital Fairness Act, Schrder said.
Difference to Gravy Analytics leak
The results of our investigation confirm and expand on the insights that experts gained in early January from data obtained by hackers from US data broker . The Gravy Analytics leak also mentions thousands of apps this data also apparently comes from Real Time Bidding. Among them are numerous apps that are also represented in our dataset from the Datastream Group: Candy Crush, Grindr, Kik, Wetter Online, Focus Online, FlightRadar24, Kleinanzeigen and many more.
However, the list of apps in our data set is much longer. For the first time, we can also differentiate between the apps for which only very rough location data is available and those for which users can be located exactly. It is this the precise location data that puts users at particular risk, as it allows to draw conclusions about their home address and movement patterns.
Author: Ingo Dachwitz
#behind #databroker #files #location #reveals #tracking
Ich hoffe mal, dass meine Strategie mit und zuhause plus mein eigenes mit (mit o.g. pihole) fr unterwegs ausreichen, um nun auch noch dieses Standort bestmglich zu verhindern
In the end most countries not only follow the model, but do so unwittingly.
I'm not saying Americans aren't entertaining or inspiring, but , coupled with the , their that feeds these silly money to fail upwards is becoming somewhat trite - and dangerous.
I'm against of my people in , mostly because no country should have centralized access to all the world's data.
That is insane.
Part 3/
auch im nutzen. Dem gibt man keinen Zugriff auf etc. , setzt entsprechende , arbeitet im privaten Modus, lscht bei jedem Schlieen und und nutzt u.a.
The DuckDuckGo Android browser has a handy tool for seeing what sorts of tracking activity is happening behind the scenes with apps on your device and, if you wish, for blocking any or all of that activity.
Dann empfehle ich mal jedem bei Maxmind auf GeoIP / Global Opt-Out zu klicken:
Sure, I am happy to allow 864 companies that I don't know (yet...) to process my data. What could possibly go wrong
"... Noch Monate spter nachvollziehen zu knnen, wo sie sich aufgehalten haben, ist kontrr zu allem, was Nutzerinnen und Nutzer von Apps erwarten wrden. ..."
...und ich dachte immer, genau dafr entwickeln (viele) Unternehmen ihre Apps.
"... Apps mit Sitz in Bayern ..."
! Apps haben einen Sitz Also einen Appsitz
"Millionen von Standortdaten aus Apps flieen an Datenhndler ab ... wie bei einer Frau ... Sie lebt in einem Einfamilienhaus, besuchte ein nahegelegenes Krankenhaus und eine Spezialklinik, aus deren Besuch man sogar Rckschlsse auf sensible Gesundheitsdaten ziehen knnte. Am Telefon besttigt sie, dass die Daten echt sind und sie tatschlich die Wetter-App von Wetter Online nutzt. Solche Beispiele gibt es zu Hunderttausenden in den Daten...."
Vorsicht, kein Datenschutz
Files: Neuer enthllt 40.000 Apps hinter -
380 Millionen Standortdaten aus 137 Lndern: Ein bislang unbekannter Datensatz zeigt so umfangreich wie nie zuvor Gefahren des globalen Datenhandels. 40.000 Apps sind betroffen, darunter queere Dating-Apps. Mit alarmierender Genauigkeit geortet wurden Nutzer*innen von Wetter Online, Focus Online und Kleinanzeigen.
Databroker Files: Neuer Datensatz enthllt 40.000 Apps hinter Standort-Tracking
"Databroker Files: Neuer Datensatz enthllt 40.000 Apps hinter Standort-"
-> Erschtternde Recherche von u.a. Netzpolitik.
Wann schmeit Ihr endlich die vom
: Neuer enthllt 40.000 Apps hinter Standort-
, , , , die Dating-Apps , und oder die E-Mail-Apps von und ......
Spionieren EUCH aus!
Habt ihr euch auch schon mal gefragt, wieso viele Anbieter von Online-Diensten aller Art euch zur Nutzung ihrer Smartphone-Apps drngen, obwohl ihre Webseiten auch im mobilen Browser super funktionieren
Hndler locken teilweise sogar mit Rabatten und selbst bei der staatlichen gibt es den vollen Funktionsumfang nur, wenn man eine Smartphone-App nutzt.
Ein Erklrungsversuch: Mit den speziellen Apps knnen die Anbieter euch leichter berwachen und Daten sammeln, die sie dann verkaufen. Dabei kann man sich nicht so einfach mit Werbeblockern wie uBlock Origin schtzen, wie bei den mobilen Webseiten.
Alleine Wetter Online gibt eure Daten z.B. an >800 Firmen weltweit weiter, inklusive exakter Standortdaten Aus den Daten konnte das Rechercheteam persnliche Bewegungsprofile inkl. Wohnhaus, Krankenhausbesuchen usw. erstellen.
Danke fr diesen Artikel!
Gibt es einen Weg um zu erfahren ob die apps die ich nutze unter den 40000 sind
Test your browser for tracking:
This! OMG this. All of it! You tell em
bigtech gotta be cut down to size.
Sues Over Its Collection of Driver Data
The lawsuit accuses , an Allstate subsidiary, of collecting data about peoples driving behavior through mobile phone apps, leading to increases in drivers rates.
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Today, when I tried to track my parcel on browser it failed but it is working in
I dont know why DHL needs browser level analytics, when you anyways gonna know how many of them have been tracked through backend.
10 TB Standortdaten abgeflossen
Ein Mega-Datenleck zeigt gerade auf, warum es sinnvoll ist, das App-Tracking durch Unternehmen abzulehnen.
Hmm ever heart of a free plan... for ever without and for as in
Based on my understanding of Google's upcoming implementation of digital , I need a new phone. Or at least a non-Android OS on my current Pixel 6. Dammit
Back in the old days I used to jailbreak, or install 3rd party AOSP images, all the time, especially when Samsung was so far behind on their OS rollouts. Fun begins tomorrow