Meta and Yandex Use Covert Localhost Tracking on Android Apps
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wahnfrieden
9mo ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary
Meta and Yandex are using a novel tracking method on Android devices where their native apps (including Facebook, Instagram, Yandex Maps, and Yandex Browser) silently listen on fixed local ports to receive browser metadata, cookies, and commands from tracking scripts like Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica. This covert web-to-app tracking potentially affects billions of Android users.
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native Android apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and several Yandex apps including Maps and Browser—silently listen on fixed local ports for tracking purposes
These native Android apps receive browsers' metadata, cookies and commands from the Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica scripts
Article URL: https://localmess.github.io?new
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45077353
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