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submitted 1 year ago by ggnoredo@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Within 5 minutes of usage my pihole instance blocked 100s of request and DDG app protection blocked facebook trackers. This should be illegal

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[-] Neirin_D@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago

Rotation and accelerometer data? So they want to know how you hold the phone in your hand when using the app? lol

[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Probably meant to be a way to estimate where you are if you have GPS turned off

[-] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

iirc Google uses motion data to track if you're walking, biking, car, etc, so I wouldn't be surprised if Facebook/Meta did the same.

this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023

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